Ache vs Acher - What's the difference?
ache | acher |
To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
* Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , Act II, Scene V:
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, title= (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
* Shakespeare, The Tempest , Act I, Scene II:
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In obsolete terms the difference between ache and acher
is that ache is parsley while acher is usher.As nouns the difference between ache and acher
is that ache is continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain while acher is usher.As a verb ache
is to suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.As a proper noun Ache
is a language spoken by the Yi people of South-Western China.ache
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) due to the similarity in form and meaning of the two words.Verb
- Fie, how my bones ache!
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache , the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
Derived terms
* ache forSee also
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- Fill all thy bones with aches .