Qualm vs. Quandary — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Qualm and Quandary
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Qualm
An uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action
"an ignorant ruffianly gaucho, who ... would ... fight, steal, and do other naughty things without a qualm" (W.H. Hudson).
Quandary
A state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation
Kate was in a quandary
Qualm
A sudden disturbing feeling
"I heard with a qualm of terror the faint, remorseless sound of a telephone ringing somewhere down in the depths of the house" (John Banville).
Quandary
A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
Qualm
A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea.
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Quandary
A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.
Qualm
A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
Quandary
A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
Qualm
A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
Quandary
A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
Qualm
A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.
This lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law.
Quandary
To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty.
Qualm
Mortality; plague; pestilence.
Quandary
A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one;
Finds himself in a most awkward predicament
The woeful plight of homeless people
Qualm
A calamity or disaster.
Quandary
State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
Qualm
(intransitive) To have a sickly feeling.
Qualm
Sickness; disease; pestilence; death.
Thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead].
Qualm
A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.
Qualm
Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
For who, without a qualm, hath ever lookedOn holy garbage, though by Homer cooked?
Qualm
A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Qualm
Uneasiness about the fitness of an action
Qualm
A mild state of nausea
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