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Sadness vs Dispair - What's the difference?

sadness | dispair |

As a noun sadness

is (uncountable) the state or emotion of being sad.

As a verb dispair is

to separate (a pair).

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

    dispair

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To separate (a pair).
    • I have dispaired two doves. — Beaumont and Fletcher.

    Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with (despair). (Webster 1913)