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Nuisance vs Affliction - What's the difference?

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Nuisance is a related term of affliction.


As nouns the difference between nuisance and affliction

is that nuisance is a minor annoyance or inconvenience while affliction is a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.

nuisance

English

Noun

(wikipedia nuisance) (en noun)
  • A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
  • A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
  • (legal) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
    • a public nuisance

    Synonyms

    * (minor annoyance or inconvenience) annoyance, inconvenience, offense * (person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience) bother, obstacle, pest

    Antonyms

    * (minor annoyance or inconvenience) enjoyment

    Derived terms

    * nuisance tax ----

    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) [...]