shame vs embarrassment

embarrassment vs shame

shame and embarrassment both are nouns.

shame is a verb but embarrassment is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shame	Yes	No	Yes	No
embarrassment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, embarrassment is a hyponym of shame; that is, embarrassment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shame:

shame: a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
embarrassment: the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public

Other hyponyms of shame include conscience, self-disgust, self-hatred.

shame (noun)	embarrassment (noun)
an unfortunate development	extreme excess
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt	some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
a state of dishonor	the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
	the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)

shame (verb)	embarrassment (verb)
surpass or beat by a wide margin
cause to be ashamed
bring shame or dishonor upon
compel through a sense of shame

Difference between shame and embarrassment

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