Agonize vs Hurt - What's the difference?
agonize | hurt |
To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
* (Alexander Pope):
To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet), chapter 3:
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.
In intransitive terms the difference between agonize and hurt
is that agonize is to struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately while hurt is to be painful.As an adjective hurt is
wounded, physically injured.As a noun hurt is
an emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience.agonize
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Alternative forms
* agoniseVerb
(agoniz)- To smart and agonize at every pore.
- So I took a last stare round, agonizing to see if there was any way of escape; but the stone walls and roof were solid enough to crush me, and the stack of casks too closely packed to hide more than a rat.
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 .
