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Mischance vs Misery - What's the difference?

mischance | misery | Related terms |

Mischance is a related term of misery.


As nouns the difference between mischance and misery

is that mischance is bad luck, misfortune while misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

mischance

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Bad luck, misfortune.
  • * 1601 , (William Shakespeare), (Hamlet), V.2:
    • But let this same be presently perform'd / Even when men's minds are wild, lest more mischance / On plots and errors happen.
  • A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
  • *, II.3.3:
    • He doth miraculously protect from thieves, incursions, sword, fire, and all violent mischances  […].

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    misery

    English

    Noun

    (miseries)
  • Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
    • Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face .
  • Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
  • (Extreme) poverty.
  • Greed; avarice.

    • Synonyms

    * see

    Derived terms

    * put out of one's misery

    Related terms

    * commiserate * miser * miserable