Vicarious vs Catharsis - What's the difference?
vicarious | catharsis |
Experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another, such as through watching or reading.
Done on behalf of others
(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).
Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.
A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.
(psychology) A therapeutic technique to relieve tension.
(medicine) Purging of the digestive system.
As a adjective vicarious
is experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another, such as through watching or reading.As a noun catharsis is
(drama) a release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).vicarious
English
Adjective
(-)- People experience vicarious pleasures through watching television.
- The concept of vicarious atonement, that one person can atone for the sins of another, is found in many religions.