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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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