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Excruciating vs Torturing - What's the difference?

excruciating | torturing |

As an adjective excruciating

is causing great pain or anguish, agonizing.

As a noun torturing is

an act of torture.

As a verb torturing is

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excruciating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
    • the nation's most excruciating dilemma -- W. H. Ferry (rfdate)
  • Exceedingly intense; extreme

    • Related terms

    * cruciate * excruciate * excruciatingly

    torturing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of torture
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    • Verb

    (head)