Deteriorate vs Suffer - What's the difference?
deteriorate | suffer |
To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
* Southey
To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
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To undergo hardship.
To feel pain.
To have a disease or condition.
To become worse.
To endure, undergo.
* Shakespeare
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, title= (archaic) To allow.
* The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. ยง 203:
* Section 31-36 of the Code of Montgomery County, Maryland:
*KJV, Matthew 19:14
*:But Jesus said, suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
In lang=en terms the difference between deteriorate and suffer
is that deteriorate is to grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate while suffer is to endure, undergo.As verbs the difference between deteriorate and suffer
is that deteriorate is to make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair while suffer is to undergo hardship.deteriorate
English
Verb
(deteriorat)- to deteriorate the mind
- The art of war, like every other art, ecclesiastical architecture alone excepted, was greatly deteriorated during those years of general degradation
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Synonyms
* worsenAntonyms
* ameliorate * better * improvesuffer
English
Verb
(en verb)- If your more ponderous and settled project / May suffer alteration.
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- "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.