different between dissension vs hassle

English

Etymology

From Old French dissension, from Latin dissensio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??s?n??n/
• Hyphenation: dis?sen?sion

Noun

dissension (countable and uncountable, plural dissensions)

1. An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.
2. Strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
   • 1843, E. A. Poe, Morning on the Wissahiccon

     The natural scenery of America has often been contrasted, in its general features as well as in detail, with the landscape of the Old World—more especially of Europe—and not deeper has been the enthusiasm, than wide the dissension, of the supporters of each region.

   • 1998, Deborah J. Bennett, Randomness, Harvard University Press, p. 34f.

     In Biblical times the resort to chance was an agreed-upon way of making many decisions because it ended dissension among opposing, often powerful, parties.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin dissensio.

Noun

dissension f (plural dissensions)

1. dissension

Further reading

• “dissension” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• dessinions

English

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste +? -le (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæsl/
• Rhymes: -æs?l

Noun

hassle (plural hassles)

1. Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.

   I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.

2. A fight or argument.
3. An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.

Translations

Verb

hassle (third-person singular simple present hassles, present participle hassling, simple past and past participle hassled)

1. To trouble, to bother, to annoy.

2. To pick a fight or start an argument.

Translations

References

• hassle at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Hassel, Lashes, halses, lashes, selahs, shales, sheals