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Wrath vs Pettiness - What's the difference?

wrath | pettiness |

As nouns the difference between wrath and pettiness

is that wrath is great anger while pettiness is the quality of being petty.

As an adjective wrath

is (rare) wrathful; very angry.

As a verb wrath

is (obsolete) to anger; to enrage.

wrath

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Great anger.
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  • (rare) Punishment.
  • * Bible, (w) xiii. 4
    • A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
  • (trading card games, slang) A single card that is able to destroy many creatures.

    • Synonyms

    * (great anger) fury, ire

    Derived terms

    * grapes of wrath * wrathful

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Wrathful; very angry.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To anger; to enrage.
  • * (Chaucer)
  • * (Piers Plowman)
    • (Webster 1913)

    pettiness

    English

    Noun

  • The quality of being petty.
  • :The pettiness of the accounting department asking me to save a receipt from a fast-food restaurant was absurd.
  • A petty behaviour, attitude, etc.