Stability vs Chagrin - What's the difference?
stability | chagrin |
The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change
The tendency to recover from perturbations
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
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To bother or vex; to mortify.
To be vexed or annoyed.
As nouns the difference between stability and chagrin
is that stability is the condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change while chagrin is distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.As a verb chagrin is
to bother or vex; to mortify.stability
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Noun
chagrin
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- [H]e alone knew how deep was the deluded man's chagrin at the failure of the little plot which he fancied was prospering finely.
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Usage notes
* Often used in the form to one’s chagrin .Synonyms
* (distress of mind) disquiet, fretfulness, mortification, peevishness, vexation * (type of leather) shagreenDescendants
* shagreenSee also
* disgust * disappointmentVerb
(en verb)- She was chagrined to note that the paint had dried into a blotchy mess.
- (Fielding)