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Sufferance vs Moderation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sufferance and moderation

is that sufferance is endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity while moderation is the state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes.

sufferance

English

Alternative forms

* sufferaunce

Noun

  • (lb) Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:but hasty heat tempering with sufferance wise
  • *1826 , (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley), The Last Man , Ch.4,
  • *:I indulged in this meditation for a moment, and then again addressed the mourner, who stood leaning against the bed with that expression of resigned despair, of complete misery, and a patient sufferance of it, which is far more touching than any of the insane ravings or wild gesticulation of untamed sorrow.
  • Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:In their beginning they are weak and wan, / But soon, through sufferance , grow to fearful end.
  • *(Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)
  • *:Somewhiles by sufferance , and somewhiles by special leave and favour, they erected to themselves oratories.
  • *1910 , (Arthur Quiller-Couch), Lady Good-for-Nothing , Ch.20,
  • *:When his talk trespasses beyond sufferance , I chastise him.
  • (lb) Suffering; pain, misery.
  • *, II.37:
  • *:The sufferances which simply touch us in minde, doe much lesse afflict me, then most men.
  • *1612 , (William Shakespeare), King Henry VIII , act 2, sc.3,
  • *:'Tis a sufferance panging / As soul and body's severing.
  • *1819 , (Lord Byron), , II.147:
  • *:the streak / Of sufferance yet upon his forehead lay, / Where the blue veins looked shadowy, shrunk, and weak.
  • (lb) Loss; damage; injury.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:a grievoussufferance on most part of their fleet
  • A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods.

    • Related terms

    * on sufferance

    References

    * * * * “ * “ sufferance” in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) * * “ sufferance” in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * “ sufferance” at Rhymezone (Datamuse, 2006).

    moderation

    English

    (wikipedia moderation)

    Noun

  • The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
  • * {{quote-book
    • , passage=...It regulates and governs the Passions of the Mind, and brings them into due moderation and frame... , page=17 , title=An Account of the Growth of Deism in England , author=William Stephens , year=1696}}
  • * 1772 , , [http://books.google.com/books?id=twVuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA394]:
    • Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation !
  • * 1821 October 12, , [http://books.google.com/books?id=5q4XBa5jsy8C&pg=PA7]:
    • America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
  • An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way
  • * {{quote-news, year=1936, date=March, work=The Southern Lumberman citation
    • , passage=With the quick moderation of the weather some buying has appeared that had been held up because of the extremely cold weather
  • The process of moderating a discussion
    • The moderation of a large online forum can be hard work.

    Related terms

    * in moderation * moderate * moderateness * moderating