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Preoccupation vs Sadness - What's the difference?

preoccupation | sadness |

As nouns the difference between preoccupation and sadness

is that preoccupation is worry while sadness is (uncountable) the state or emotion of being sad.

preoccupation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
  • The act of occupying something before someone else.
  • Synonyms

    * preoccupancy

    sadness

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
  • (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
  • She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.

    Synonyms

    * (state of being sad) forlornness, melancholy * (event causing sadness) misfortune, woe