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Repress vs Forgetting - What's the difference?

repress | forgetting |

As nouns the difference between repress and forgetting

is that repress is the act of repressing while forgetting is the mental act by which something is forgotten.

As verbs the difference between repress and forgetting

is that repress is to press again while forgetting is .

repress

English

Noun

(es)
  • The act of repressing.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To press again.
    • to repress a vinyl record
  • To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
  • *to repress sedition or rebellion
  • *to repress the first risings of discontent.
  • Hence, to check; to keep back.
  • * Milton
    • Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, / Thou couldst repress .

    Synonyms

    * (forcefully preventing an upheaval from developing) to crush out; to quell; to subdue; to suppress * (to keep back) to restrain; to hold back

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    forgetting

    English

    (wikipedia forgetting)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The mental act by which something is forgotten.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • Jelliffe how it was possible for an illness which had been described unmistakably innumerable times to be 'forgotten' anew by each generation. Such forgettings are as dangerous as they are mysterious, for they give us an unwarranted sense of security.