What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Mourn vs Console - What's the difference?

mourn | console |

As verbs the difference between mourn and console

is that mourn is to express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death) while console is to comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.

As nouns the difference between mourn and console

is that mourn is sorrow, grief while console is a cabinet designed to stand on the floor, especially one that houses home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.

mourn

English

Alternative forms

* morne

Verb

  • To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
  • * Bible, Genesis xxiii. 2
    • Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
  • * Shakespeare
    • We mourn' in black; why ' mourn we not in blood?

    Related terms

    * mourner * mournful * mourning

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Sorrow, grief.
  • *:
  • *:Anone after ther cam balen / and whan he sawe kynge Arthur / he alyght of his hors / and cam to the kynge on foote / and salewed hym / by my hede saide Arthur ye be welcome / Sire ryght now cam rydynge this way a knyght makynge grete moorne / for what cause I can not telle
  • A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

    • See also

    * grieve * lament * sorrow

    Anagrams

    *

    console

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cabinet designed to stand on the floor, especially one that houses home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
  • A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon.
  • The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
  • A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
  • (video games) A device dedicated to playing video games, set apart from arcade cabinets by its ability to change games.
  • (architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
    • Derived terms
    * console table
    See also
    * corbel

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (consol)
  • To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
  • * P. Henry
    • I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete.
  • * 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
    • "Do you remember, my friend, that I went to Tostes once when you had just lost your first deceased? I consoled you at that time. I thought of something to say then, but now—" Then, with a loud groan that shook his whole chest, "Ah! this is the end for me, do you see! I saw my wife go, then my son, and now to-day it's my daughter."
    Synonyms
    * comfort, solace
    Derived terms
    * consolable * consolation * consolatory * consoler * consoling * consolingly