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Mortification vs Peevishness - What's the difference?

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Mortification is a related term of peevishness.


As nouns the difference between mortification and peevishness

is that mortification is the act of mortifying while peevishness is the state of being peevish.

mortification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of mortifying.
  • A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}
  • (medicine) The death of part of the body.
  • *1913 ,
    • And then there's the fever and the mortification —if it took bad ways he'd quickly be gone.

    peevishness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being peevish.