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Prepossession vs Hurt - What's the difference?

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Prepossession is a related term of hurt.


As nouns the difference between prepossession and hurt

is that prepossession is preoccupation; having possession beforehand while hurt is an emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience).

As a verb hurt is

to be painful.

As an adjective hurt is

wounded, physically injured.

prepossession

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Preoccupation; having possession beforehand.
  • A preconceived opinion, or previous impression; bias, prejudice.
  • * 1902 , William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience , Folio Society 2008, p. 386:
    • The spontaneous intellect of man always defines the divine which it feels in ways that harmonise with its temporary intellectual prepossessions .

    Quotations

    * 1791' : I am fully sensible to the greatness of that freedom, which I take with you on the present occasion; a liberty which seemed to me scarcely allowable, when I reflected on that distinguished and dignified station in which you stand, and the almost general prejudice and ' prepossession , which is so prevalent in the world against those of my complexion. - Letter from , August 19, 1791

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    hurt

    English

    Verb

  • To be painful.
    • Does your leg still hurt ? / It is starting to feel better.
  • To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
    • If anybody hurts my little brother I will get upset.
  • To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
  • To undermine, impede, or damage.
    • This latest gaffe hurts the MP's reelection prospects still further.

    Synonyms

    * wound, injure

    Derived terms

    * wouldn't hurt a fly

    See also

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wounded, physically injured.
  • Pained.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience)
  • * How to overcome old hurts of the past
  • (archaic) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
  • * 1605 , Shakespeare, King Lear vii
    • I have received a hurt .
  • * John Locke
    • The pains of sickness and hurts all men feel.
  • (archaic) injury; damage; detriment; harm
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thou dost me yet but little hurt .
  • (heraldiccharge) A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
  • (engineering) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
  • A husk.

    • Related terms

    * hurty

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    Anagrams

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