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Disappointment vs. Anger — What's the Difference?

Disappointment vs. Anger — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Disappointment and Anger

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Disappointment

Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations or hopes to manifest. Similar to regret, it differs in that a person who feels regret focuses primarily on the personal choices that contributed to a poor outcome, while a person feeling disappointment focuses on the outcome itself.

Anger

Anger, also known as wrath or rage, is an intense emotional state involving a strong uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to a perceived provocation, hurt or threat.A person experiencing anger will often experience physical effects, such as increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and increased levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Some view anger as an emotion which triggers part of the fight or flight response.

Disappointment

The act of disappointing.

Anger

A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility
The colonel's anger at his daughter's disobedience

Disappointment

The condition or feeling of being disappointed.
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Anger

Fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in
He was angered that he had not been told
She was angered by his terse answer

Disappointment

One that disappoints.

Anger

A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility.

Disappointment

(uncountable) The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.
Even a trip to beautiful California can cause disappointment.

Anger

To make angry; enrage or provoke.

Disappointment

(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
The disappointment with our trip to California caused bickering.

Anger

To become angry
She angers too quickly.

Disappointment

(countable) Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.
Even a trip to beautiful California can be a disappointment.
What a disappointment!

Anger

A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, or threat.
You need to control your anger.

Disappointment

The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.
If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater than our pleasure in the fruition of them.
In disappointment thou canst bless.

Anger

(obsolete) Pain or stinging.

Disappointment

That which disappoints.

Anger

(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
He who angers you conquers you.

Disappointment

A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized;
His hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment

Anger

(intransitive) To become angry.
You anger too easily.

Disappointment

An act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone

Anger

Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.
I made the experiment, setting the moxa where . . . the greatest anger and soreness still continued.

Anger

A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.
Anger is likeA full hot horse, who being allowed his way,Self-mettle tires him.

Anger

To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame.
He . . . angereth malign ulcers.

Anger

To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.
Taxes and impositions . . . which rather angered than grieved the people.

Anger

A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

Anger

The state of being angry

Anger

Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Anger

Make angry;
The news angered him

Anger

Become angry;
He angers easily

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