Ached vs Aching - What's the difference?
ached | aching |
(ache)
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:
wild celery
That aches; continuously painful.
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As verbs the difference between ached and aching
is that ached is (ache) while aching is .As an adjective aching is
that aches; continuously painful.As a noun aching is
the feeling of an ache; a dull pain.ached
English
Verb
(head)ache
English
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 .
Derived terms
* aches and pains * achy * backache * bellyache * earache * headache * stomachache * toothacheReferences
* Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition.Etymology 2
From (etyl) and modern (etyl) ache, from (etyl) .Etymology 3
Representing the pronunciation of the letter H .Anagrams
* English heteronyms ---- ==Jèrriais==Noun
Synonyms
* ----aching
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- The aching' heart, the ' aching head.