What's the difference between commiseration and distress?

Commiseration


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When I commiserate about the overnight flight that brought them here, Linney gives a wry grimace.
  • (2) Commiserations to the Dutch, but they didn't really turn up tonight, and were very poor.
  • (3) Why not come and celebrate or commiserate with a dip in the pool?
  • (4) With such knowledge comes a predictable illusion of power, though this is all too regularly punctured by the indignity of being kicked out of shiny receptions and told to use an entrance more befitting of our lowly status – or of having my pronunciation of “Southwark Street” incorrectly corrected by a receptionist, who gives her colleague a sidelong smirk, commiserating over my supposed ignorance.
  • (5) "The president commiserates with all the families who lost loved ones in the heinous attacks and extends his heartfelt sympathies to all those who suffered injuries or lost their properties during the wanton assaults on Bauchi and Kaduna States," said a statement.
  • (6) Putin thanked leaders of other countries for their commiseration, the Kremlin press service announced.
  • (7) Blair texted him with "commiserations" as did Brown, Coulson revealed.
  • (8) The deputy prime minister took the opportunity to claim that the first person to call Coulson to commiserate on his resignation was Labour former prime minister Gordon Brown.
  • (9) But while the arrival of the baby in question will be a cause for celebration for the parents, it is a matter for commiseration for the rest of us.
  • (10) When David Cameron phoned Ed Miliband on Monday morning with a briefing on Libya they commiserated with each other about being in the doghouse with their families for having broken off their holidays.
  • (11) Liquidation looks likely as MPs go home to commiserate with their local fallen councillors, and the Lib Dems overtake Labour.
  • (12) Even as Netanyahu took credit for the release of abducted soldier Gilad Shalit , welcoming him home in person at Tel Nof airbase, he was offering heartfelt commiserations to the relatives of Israelis killed by the Palestinian prisoners he freed in exchange.
  • (13) Instead, Boehner has offered McConnell not compromise but commiserations.
  • (14) Within seconds Bouchard was offering commiserations at the net.
  • (15) Richard Dawkins Oxford • I would like to congratulate Sarah Olney on becoming our new MP in Richmond Park, and give my commiserations to Zac Goldsmith.
  • (16) My trip back to commiserate with loved ones can wait a few weeks.
  • (17) ‘I’m sorry for my role as an adult’ The Seattle Resistance Salon was created partly to find others to commiserate with.
  • (18) Well done to everyone who got the results they wanted today, and commiserations to those that didn't.
  • (19) Asked to offer commiserations, Pellegrini said: “It is a pity for them.
  • (20) Mahmoud Muhim, the father of one of the dead protesters, took the microphone during the march and said: "Not one person has offered me commiserations.

Distress


Definition:

  • (n.) Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.
  • (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
  • (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
  • (n.) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.
  • (n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
  • (n.) To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
  • (n.) To compel by pain or suffering.
  • (n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Perinatal mortality is strongly associated with obstetrical factors, respiratory distress syndrome, and prematurity.
  • (2) No respiratory-distress syndrome of the newborn occurred when total amniotic-fluid cortisol was greater than 60 ng per milliliter (16 patients).
  • (3) Early views of the Type A behaviour pattern (TABP) sought to disengage it from either neuroticism or emotional distress.
  • (4) Sleep alterations in addicted newborns could be related to central nervous system (CNS) distress caused by withdrawal.
  • (5) For many it had still a moderating effect on distress at the present but appeared to be mainly used out of "psychological dependence".
  • (6) Marie Johansson, clinical lead at Oxford University's mindfulness centre , stressed the need for proper training of at least a year until health professionals can teach meditation, partly because on rare occasions it can throw up "extremely distressing experiences".
  • (7) In contrast, the number of distressful childhood experiences reported was generally unrelated to empathy scores.
  • (8) The lavage model was considered suitable for reproduction of severe respiratory distress.
  • (9) Twenty-seven infants with respiratory distress and hypoxemia of noncardiac etiology were treated with tolazoline.
  • (10) A clearly recognizable relationship of SEH to gestational age and clinical status exists in that all SEH occur in premature infants under 2500 g birthweight (although only 56% of all premature infants have SEH) and 95% of SEH occur in infants with the respiratory distress syndrome (although only 60% of infants with the respiratory distress syndrome have SEH).
  • (11) Four hours after infusion, the animals displayed a clinical and pathological pattern which closely resembled post-traumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome, including hypoxia, hypocarbia, thrombocytopenia, increased pulmonary capillary permeability to albumin, interstitial edema, hypertrophy of alveolar lining cells, and intra-alveolar hemorrhage.
  • (12) In turn, nursing strategies that are selected as a result of such theoretically based assessments are likely to be effective in preventing spiritual distress.
  • (13) There is no support in the system and it’s a very frightening and distressing situation to be in.
  • (14) Therefore, after head injuries we searched for C activation because it could result in the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
  • (15) It has to be assumed that in calves with respiratory distress syndrome--in analogy to pulmonary immaturity--the blood clotting mechanism is not yet fully developed.
  • (16) At birth, the animals were in no distress but had mild pulmonary hypertension.
  • (17) If these recordings are repeated before or at the same time as other signs of fetal distress have been found we must think of pathological features such as intrauterine growth retardation, post-maturity, infections, rhesus incompatibility and diabetes.
  • (18) Sustained intubation (7 days) was necessary in only two infants because of developing respiratory distress as a result of prematurity or recurrent pleural fluid accumulation.
  • (19) Financial experts aren't immediately sure what to make of the report, but one theory is that the figure includes the 'profits' the European Central Bank has made by buying Greek debt at distressed levels since the crisis began: econhedge (@econhedge) suggestion that this is planned EUR31.5b+ECB profits.
  • (20) The results do not indicate any disorder in liver and muscle functions in prematurely born calves with or without respiratory distress syndrome.