Tragedy vs Misery - What's the difference?
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A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.
The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.
A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=1 Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
(Extreme) poverty.
Greed; avarice.
As nouns the difference between tragedy and misery
is that tragedy is a drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character while misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.tragedy
English
(wikipedia tragedy)Alternative forms
* (archaic) * (l) (archaic) * (archaic) * (l) (archaic) * (l) (archaic)Noun
(tragedies)citation, passage=“The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]”}}
Antonyms
* comedyDerived terms
* tragedian * tragedy of the commons * tragic * tragic irony * tragicomedyAnagrams
*misery
English
Noun
(miseries)- Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face .
