Difference between Chagrin and Humiliate

What is the difference between Chagrin and Humiliate?

Chagrin as a verb is to bother or vex; to mortify. while Humiliate as a verb is to injure a person's dignity and self-respect.

Chagrin

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification. A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To bother or vex; to mortify.

Humiliate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To injure a person's dignity and self-respect.

Example sentence: Concerned about re-election, interest-group reactions, the media, or fundraising, many legislators have found it in their interest to refuse to cooperate with members of the opposing party - or to treat them as enemies in some kind of war, in which the whole point is to defeat and humiliate them. But the American people have been the real losers.

We hope you now know whether to use Chagrin or Humiliate in your sentence.

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