Terms vs Sesquipedalophobia - What's the difference?
terms | sesquipedalophobia |
Fear of long words.
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* 2008 , Abhijit Bhaduri, Married But Available , HarperCollins (2012), ISBN 9789350294826,
As nouns the difference between terms and sesquipedalophobia
is that terms is while sesquipedalophobia is fear of long words.sesquipedalophobia
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Noun
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- But sesquipedalophobia ('hatred or fear of big words,' aptly enough) has prevailed, even among men of learning.
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- Ayesha was like a walking dictionary of phobias. She believed that I had sesquipedalophobia – the fear of long words.
