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Anguish vs Throe - What's the difference?

anguish | throe | Related terms |

Throe is a synonym of anguish.



In intransitive terms the difference between anguish and throe

is that anguish is to suffer pain while throe is to struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

In transitive terms the difference between anguish and throe

is that anguish is to cause to suffer pain while throe is to put in agony.

anguish

English

Noun

  • Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
  • * Bible, Exodus vi. 9
    • But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
  • * Latimer
    • Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes , and make your prayer to him.
  • * 1889 , :
    • 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:

    Related terms

    () * agnail, hangnail * anger * angst * anxiety * anxious * terminal anguish

    Verb

    (es)
  • To suffer pain.
  • * (rfdate) 1900s , Kl. Knigge, Iceland Folk Song , traditional, Harmony: H. Ruland
    • 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.
  • To cause to suffer pain.

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    throe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pang, spasm.
  • * 1819 , :
    • As if their own indignant Earth
    Which gave the sons of England birth
    Had felt their blood upon her brow,
    And shuddering with a mother's throe
    Had turned every drop of blood
    By which her face had been bedewed
    To an accent unwithstood, —
    As if her heart had cried aloud: [...]
  • A hard struggle.
  • A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * in the throes of

    Verb

  • To put in agony.
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 1
  • *:SEBASTIAN:
    • Prithee, say on:
    The setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim
    A matter from thee, and a birth, indeed
    Which throes thee much to yield.
  • To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

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