Anguish vs Effort - What's the difference?
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Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
* Bible, Exodus vi. 9
* Latimer
* 1889 , :
To suffer pain.
* (rfdate) 1900s , Kl. Knigge, Iceland Folk Song , traditional, Harmony: H. Ruland
To cause to suffer pain.
The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
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(uncommon) To make an effort.
(obsolete) To stimulate.
* Fuller
Anguish is a related term of effort.
As nouns the difference between anguish and effort
is that anguish is extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress while effort is the work involved in performing an activity; exertion.As verbs the difference between anguish and effort
is that anguish is to suffer pain while effort is (uncommon|intransitive) to make an effort.anguish
English
Noun
- But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
- Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes , and make your prayer to him.
- A terrible scream—a prolonged yell of horror and anguish —burst out of the silence of the moor. That frightful cry turned the blood to ice in my veins.
Synonyms
* agony, calvary, cross, pang, torture, torment * See also:Verb
(es)- We’re leaving these shores for our time has come, the days of our youth must now end. The hearts bitter anguish , it burns for the home that we’ll never see again.
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English
Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
Manchester United offer Park Ji-sung a new two-year contract, passage=The 30-year-old South Korean, who joined United in 2005, retired from international duty after last season's Asian Cup in an effort to prolong his club}}
Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
The British Longitude Act Reconsidered, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
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Usage notes
* Adjectives often used with "effort": conscious, good, poor, etc.Synonyms
*Derived terms
* best efforts * centre of effort * effort distance * effortless * make an effortVerb
(en verb)- He efforted his spirits.