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Sadness vs Discouragement - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sadness and discouragement

is that sadness is the state or emotion of being sad while discouragement is the act of discouraging.

sadness

English

(wikipedia 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

    discouragement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of discouraging
  • anything that discourages