Disappointment vs. Frustration — What's the Difference?

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.

In psychology, frustration is a common emotional response to opposition, related to anger, annoyance and disappointment. Frustration arises from the perceived resistance to the fulfillment of an individual's will or goal and is likely to increase when a will or goal is denied or blocked.

The act of disappointing.

The act of preventing the accomplishment or fulfillment of something

The condition or feeling of being disappointed.

The feeling or state of being frustrated

One that disappoints.

Something that causes such a feeling or state

(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.

The feeling of annoyance at impassibility from resistance.

(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.

The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.

(countable) Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.

(law) The state of contract that allows a party to back away from its contractual obligations due to (unforeseen) radical changes to the nature of the thing a party has been obligated to.

The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.

A thing that frustrates.

That which disappoints.

Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.

A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized;

The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs.

An act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone

The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

A feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized;