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Malady vs Affliction - What's the difference?

malady | affliction |

As nouns the difference between malady and affliction

is that malady is any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder while affliction is a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.

malady

English

Noun

(maladies)
  • Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
  • * The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the mind. Buckminster .
  • A moral or mental defect or disorder.
  • * Love's a malady without a cure. Dryden .

    • Synonyms

    * ailment * disease * disorder * distemper * illness * sickness

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    affliction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
  • Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
  • *1913 ,
  • *:She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction , but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]