Living vs Suffering - What's the difference?
living | suffering |
Having life.
* :
In use or existing.
Of everyday life.
True to life.
(uncountable) The state of being alive.
Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
A style of life.
(canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.
Experiencing pain.(jump)
The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 14
, author=Steven Morris
, title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave
, work=Guardian
As verbs the difference between living and suffering
is that living is while suffering is .As adjectives the difference between living and suffering
is that living is having life while suffering is experiencing pain(jump).As nouns the difference between living and suffering
is that living is (uncountable) the state of being alive while suffering is the condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.living
English
(wikipedia living)Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
- Hunanese is a living language.
- These living conditions are deplorable.
- This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
- He almost beat the living daylights out of me.
Antonyms
* dead * nonlivingDerived terms
* living death * living end * livingly * living room * living thing * living willNoun
- What do you do for a living ?
- plain living
Derived terms
* make a livingStatistics
* English intensifierssuffering
English
Adjective
(head)Synonyms
* (jump) in painNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She claimed the microwave was accidentally turned on by one of the cats after the kitten got inside. But Knutton said the kitten was too small to even get onto the work surface.}}