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As nouns the difference between chemistry and pain

is that chemistry is (uncountable) the branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules while pain is .

As an adverb pain is

towards, in/to the direction of.

chemistry

English

(wikipedia chemistry)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
  • (countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
    • the chemistry of iron
    the chemistry of indigo
  • (informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.

    • Usage notes

    * Historical note:'' This word and its derivatives were formerly spelled ''chy-'' or sometimes ''chi-'' (''i.e.'', ''chymistry'', ''chymist'', ''chymical'', ''etc.'', or ''chimistry'', ''chimist'', ''chimical , etc.) with pronunciation depending on the spelling.

    Meronyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from chemistry) * actinochemistry * agrochemistry * applied chemistry * astrochemistry * atmochemistry * bacteriochemistry, bacterio-chemistry * biochemistry * biogeochemistry * bucket chemistry * carbochemistry * click chemistry * clinical biochemistry * clinical chemistry * combinatorial chemistry * computational chemistry * coordination chemistry * cosmochemistry * cryochemistry * cytochemistry * dendrochemistry * ecochemistry * electrochemistry * endochemistry * exochemistry * femtochemistry * fluorochemistry * galactochemistry * geochemistry * glycochemistry * haematochemistry * heliochemistry * histochemistry * hydrochemistry * hydrogenochemistry * hydrogeochemistry * iatrochemistry * immunochemistry * immunocytochemistry * immunohistochemistry * inorganic chemistry * isotopic chemistry * limnochemistry, limno-chemistry * lipochemistry * lithochemistry * macrochemistry * magnetochemistry * mechanochemistry * medicinal chemistry * membrane mimetic chemistry * metallobiochemistry * meteorochemistry * microchemistry * mineralochemistry * nanochemistry * neurobiochemistry * neurochemistry * nitrochemistry * nonchemistry * nuclear chemistry * nucleochemistry * oceanochemistry * oleochemistry * organic chemistry * organochemistry, organo-chemistry * organometallic chemistry * oxy-chemistry * palaeogeochemistry * pedochemistry * petrochemistry * petrolochemistry * pharmacochemistry * photochemistry * photoelectrochemistry * photomechanochemistry * physical chemistry * physiological chemistry * phytochemistry * piezochemistry * plasmochemistry * pneumochemistry * polychemistry * practical chemistry * pure chemistry * pyrochemistry * quantum chemistry * radiation chemistry * radiochemistry * regiochemistry * selenochemistry * semiochemistry * silico-chemistry * sociochemistry * soil biochemistry * soil chemistry * sonochemistry * spectrochemistry * spectroelectrochemistry * stereochemistry * thermochemistry * toxicochemistry, toxico-chemistry * virochemistry * wet chemistry * xenochemistry * xylochemistry * * zoochemistry

    Related terms

    (terms related to chemistry) * alchemy * chemical * chemical equation * chemist

    pain

    English

    Noun

  • (countable, and, uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
    • The greatest difficulty lies in treating patients with chronic pain .
    I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.
  • (uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress; sadness; grief; solicitude; disquietude.
    • In the final analysis, pain is a fact of life.
    The pain of departure was difficult to bear.
  • (countable) An annoying person or thing.
    • Your mother is a right pain .
  • (uncountable, obsolete) Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
    • You may not leave this room on pain of death.
    Interpose, on pain of my displeasure. — Dryden
    We will, by way of mulct or pain , lay it upon him. — Bacon
  • Labour; effort; pains.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "pain": mild, moderate, severe, intense, excruciating, debilitating, acute, chronic, sharp, dull, burning, steady, throbbing, stabbing, spasmodic, etc.

    Synonyms

    * (an annoying person or thing) pest * See also

    Antonyms

    * pleasure

    Hyponyms

    * agony * anguish * pang * neuropathic pain * nociceptive pain * phantom pain * psychogenic pain

    Derived terms

    * pain in the arse * pain in the ass * pain in the back * pain in the bum * pain in the butt * pain in the neck * painkiller * painy

    Related terms

    * pained * painful * painfully * painless * painlessly * painlessness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
    • The wound pained him.
  • To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
    • It pains me to say that I must let you go.
  • (obsolete) To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

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