Sinking vs Humiliation - What's the difference?
sinking | humiliation | Related terms |
The act or process of sinking.
* 1857 , Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
The act of humiliating]] or [[humble#Verb, humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
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Sinking is a related term of humiliation.
As nouns the difference between sinking and humiliation
is that sinking is the act or process of sinking while humiliation is the act of humiliating]] or [[humble#verb|humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.As a verb sinking
is .sinking
English
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* like rats from a sinking shipNoun
(en noun)- I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore.
- We must endeavour to realize a succession of gradual sinkings or depressions into deep water, alternating with gradual emergings into shallows, and eventually a gradual continued lifting of the whole district
humiliation
English
Noun
(en noun)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
- One morning Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln were having breakfast when Lincoln did something that aroused the fiery temper of his wife. What, no one remembers now. But Mrs. Lincoln, in a rage, dashed a cup of hot coffee into her husband's face. And she did it in front of the other boarders.
Saying nothing, Lincoln sat there in humiliation and silence while Mrs. Early came with a wet towel and wiped off his face and clothes.