Scorn vs Cruelty - What's the difference?
scorn | cruelty |
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
* C. J. Smith
To scoff, express contempt.
To reject, turn down
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
(uncountable) Contempt or disdain.
(countable) A display of disdain; a slight.
* Dryden
(countable) An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
* Bible, Psalms xliv. 13
(uncountable) an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering.
(countable) a cruel act
In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between scorn and cruelty
is that scorn is (uncountable) contempt or disdain while cruelty is (uncountable) an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering.In countable|lang=en terms the difference between scorn and cruelty
is that scorn is (countable) an object of disdain, contempt, or derision while cruelty is (countable) a cruel act.As nouns the difference between scorn and cruelty
is that scorn is (uncountable) contempt or disdain while cruelty is (uncountable) an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering.As a verb scorn
is to feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.scorn
English
Verb
(en verb)- We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful.
- He scorned her romantic advances.
- She scorned to show weakness.
Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
- Every sullen frown and bitter scorn / But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn.
- Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
