Grieving vs Agony - What's the difference?
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Violent contest or striving.
Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
The last struggle of life; death struggle.
As nouns the difference between grieving and agony
is that grieving is an act or instance of grieving while agony is violent contest or striving.As a verb grieving
is present participle of lang=en.agony
English
Noun
(agonies)- The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. —.
- Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. —Luke xxii. 44.
- With cries and agonies of wild delight. —.