Grief vs Grame - What's the difference?
grief | grame |
Suffering, hardship.
Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
(countable) Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.
(online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially , to do this as one’s primary activity in the game.
(obsolete) Anger; wrath; scorn; bitterness; repugnance.
(obsolete) Sorrow; grief; misery.
* c. 1557 (published), Sir Thomas Wyatt, And Wilt Thou Leave me Thus? , lines 3 and 4:
(obsolete) To vex; grill; make angry or sorry.
(obsolete) To grieve; be sorry.
As verbs the difference between grief and grame
is that grief is (online gaming) to deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially , to do this as one’s primary activity in the game while grame is .As a noun grief
is suffering, hardship.grief
English
(wikipedia grief)Noun
- She was worn out from so much grief .
- The betrayal caused Jeff grief .
- Surely, he hath borne our griefs , and carried our sorrows. -Isaiah 53:4
Derived terms
* give someone griefVerb
(en verb) (Griefer)Usage notes
* This verb is most commonly found in the gerund-participle (griefing) and the derived noun (griefer).External links
* * * English internet slang ----grame
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) grame, gram, grome, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(-)- (Chaucer)
- (Chaucer)
- To save thee from the blame / Of all my grief and grame .
