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Ache vs Tenderness - What's the difference?

ache | tenderness |

As nouns the difference between ache and tenderness

is that ache is continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain while tenderness is a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.

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

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) due to the similarity in form and meaning of the two words.

Verb

  • 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:
    • Fie, how my bones ache!
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= 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.}}
  • (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
    • Derived terms
    * ache for

    See also

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
  • * Shakespeare, The Tempest , Act I, Scene II:
    • Fill all thy bones with aches .
    Derived terms
    * aches and pains * achy * backache * bellyache * earache * headache * stomachache * toothache

    References

    * Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) and modern (etyl) ache, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Parsley.

    • Etymology 3

    Representing the pronunciation of the letter H .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A variant spelling of aitch .

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ---- ==Jèrriais==

    Noun

  • wild celery

    • Synonyms

    * ----

    tenderness

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
    • When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness .
  • concern for the feelings or welfare of others
    • When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.
  • pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched
    • He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.