despondence vs despondency

despondence and despondency both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
despondence	Yes	No	No	No
despondency	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, despondence and despondency are synonyms defined as:

despondence and despondency: feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

Other synonyms of despondence include disconsolateness, heartsickness.

despondence (noun)	despondency (noun)
feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless	feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless