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Herm vs Hurt - What's the difference?

herm | hurt |

As nouns the difference between herm and hurt

is that herm is a rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration while hurt is an emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience.

As a proper noun Herm

is one of the the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

As an abbreviation herm

is abbreviation of hermaphrodite.

As a verb hurt is

to be painful.

As an adjective hurt is

wounded, physically injured.

herm

English

(wikipedia Herm)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • one of the the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
  • a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France
  • Anagrams

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    hurt

    English

    Verb

  • To be painful.
  • Does your leg still hurt ? / It is starting to feel better.
  • To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
  • If anybody hurts my little brother I will get upset.
  • To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
  • To undermine, impede, or damage.
  • This latest gaffe hurts the MP's reelection prospects still further.

    Synonyms

    * wound, injure

    Derived terms

    * wouldn't hurt a fly

    See also

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wounded, physically injured.
  • Pained.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience)
  • * How to overcome old hurts of the past
  • (archaic) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
  • * 1605 , Shakespeare, King Lear vii
  • I have received a hurt .
  • * John Locke
  • The pains of sickness and hurts all men feel.
  • (archaic) injury; damage; detriment; harm
  • * Shakespeare
  • Thou dost me yet but little hurt .
  • (heraldiccharge) A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
  • (engineering) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
  • A husk.
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