Heartache vs Agony - What's the difference?
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Violent contest or striving.
Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
The last struggle of life; death struggle.
Heartache is a related term of agony.
As nouns the difference between heartache and agony
is that heartache is very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress while agony is violent contest or striving.agony
English
Noun
(agonies)- The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. —.
- Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. —Luke xxii. 44.
- With cries and agonies of wild delight. —.