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What is the difference between discomfit and discomfort?
Turanmayank
Here's a little usage history that might help. Several usage commentators have, in the past, tried to convince their readers that "discomfit" means "to rout" or "to completely
defeat" and not "to discomfort, embarrass, or make uneasy." In its earliest
uses "discomfit" did in fact mean "to defeat in battle," but that sense is now
rare, and the extended sense, "to thwart," is also uncommon. Most of the recent
commentaries agree that the sense "to discomfort or disconcert" has become
thoroughly established and is the most prevalent meaning of the word. There is
one major difference between "discomfit" and "discomfort," though --
"discomfit" is used almost exclusively as a verb, while "discomfort" is much
more commonly used as a noun than a verb.
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