discomfit vs discomfort
Definitions
verb
- cause to lose one's composure
Examples
In a few minutes the flagstaff was well washed, and the derveesh too, and put to flight in discomfiture.
'As before the pike will fly' in which Coeur-de-Lion's discomfiture of the 'septemvirate of quacks' is hymned; and the finale is quite Attic.
The frank smile that told of his lordship's enjoyment of her discomfiture was the last straw.
Definitions
noun
- the state of being tense and feeling pain
- an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
Examples
This is the exclusive preserve of the cave explorer who cares less for personal discomfort.
But physical discomforts during the third trimester, such as heartburn, leg cramps, fetal movement, shortness of breath and sinus congestion, can again interfere with sleep.
Ye same did rede a portion of his "Venus and Adonis," to their prodigious admiration, whereas I, being sleepy and fatigued withal, did deme it but paltry stuff, and was the more discomforted in that ye blody bucanier had got his wind again, and did turn his mind to farting with such villain zeal that presently I was like to choke once more.
