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Qualm vs Cowardice - What's the difference?

qualm | cowardice | Related terms |

Qualm is a related term of cowardice.


As nouns the difference between qualm and cowardice

is that qualm is smoke while cowardice is lack of courage.

qualm

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (dialectal)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Mortality; plague; pestilence.
  • A calamity or disaster.
  • A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
  • :* {{quote-web
    • , date=2012-08-25 , year= , first= , last= , author=Andy Pasztor , authorlink= , title=Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies , site=Wall Street Journal citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-08-26 , passage=Opponents of those privatization plans hoped to use Mr. Armstrong's qualms as ammunition to block the White House initiatives, and they asked for more public statements. }}
  • A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
  • A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now chiefly in negative constructions.)

    • Synonyms

    * compunction * misgiving * scruple

    Derived terms

    * qualmish * qualmishly * qualmishness * qualmy

    cowardice

    English

    (wikipedia cowardice)

    Noun

  • Lack of courage.

    • Synonyms

    * cowardliness

    Related terms

    * coward * cowardly