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Scorning vs Shunning - What's the difference?

scorning | shunning |

As verbs the difference between scorning and shunning

is that scorning is while shunning is .

As nouns the difference between scorning and shunning

is that scorning is the act of one who scorns while shunning is the act by which something is shunned; avoidance.

scorning

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who scorns.
  • * (Thomas Hardy)
    • But it pleased her to play on my passion / And whet me to pleadings / That won from her mirthful negations / And scornings undue.

    shunning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is shunned; avoidance.
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