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Wretchedness vs Martyrdom - What's the difference?

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Wretchedness is a related term of martyrdom.


As nouns the difference between wretchedness and martyrdom

is that wretchedness is an unhappy state of mental or physical suffering while martyrdom is the condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the christian faith, or to any cause.

wretchedness

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
  • * 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 3
    • She saw only that he was quiet and unobtrusive, and she liked him for it. He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation.
  • A state of prolonged misfortune, privation or anguish.

    • martyrdom

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.
  • Affliction; torment; torture.

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