Mortification vs Stigma - What's the difference?
mortification | stigma |
The act of mortifying.
A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
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(medicine) The death of part of the body.
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A mark of infamy or disgrace.
A scar or birthmark.
(botany) The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
a ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, ().
As nouns the difference between mortification and stigma
is that mortification is the act of mortifying while stigma is stigma (mark of infamy).mortification
English
Noun
(en noun)- And then there's the fever and the mortification —if it took bad ways he'd quickly be gone.