Aftermath vs Hurt - What's the difference?
aftermath | hurt |
(obsolete, or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
To be painful.
To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
To undermine, impede, or damage.
An emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience)
* How to overcome old hurts of the past
(archaic) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
* 1605 , Shakespeare, King Lear vii
* John Locke
(archaic) injury; damage; detriment; harm
* Shakespeare
(heraldiccharge) A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
(engineering) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
A husk.
As nouns the difference between aftermath and hurt
is that aftermath is (obsolete|or farmers' jargon) a second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season while hurt is an emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience).As a verb hurt is
to be painful.As an adjective hurt is
wounded, physically injured.aftermath
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Noun
(en noun)- In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.
hurt
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Verb
- Does your leg still hurt ? / It is starting to feel better.
- If anybody hurts my little brother I will get upset.
- This latest gaffe hurts the MP's reelection prospects still further.
Synonyms
* wound, injureDerived terms
* wouldn't hurt a flySee also
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- I have received a hurt .
- The pains of sickness and hurts all men feel.
- Thou dost me yet but little hurt .
