Discomfit vs. Embarrass — What's the Difference?

Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed

To cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert

To make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert.

To hinder with obstacles or difficulties; impede

(Archaic) To defeat in battle; vanquish.

(Archaic) To involve in or hamper with financial difficulties

(Archaic) Discomfiture.

(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.

(transitive) To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.

(transitive) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.

(rare) To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate; disconcert.

(transitive) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.

(archaic) To defeat completely; to rout.

To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.

(obsolete) Discomfited; overthrown.

To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to make (a person) unpleasantly self-conscious; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator.

To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.

To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed.

To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.

To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; - said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.

Discomfited; overthrown.

Embarrassment.

Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.

Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious

Cause to lose one's composure

Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;