Martyr vs Sufferer - What's the difference?
martyr | sufferer |
One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.
(by extension) One who sacrifices his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.
(with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.
* {{quote-book
, year=1937
, author=AJ Cronin
, title=The Citadel
, passage=He'd been a martyr to asthma all his life.}}
One who is killed or suffers greatly because of an identity or position, e.g., a young prince killed when his father, the king, is deposed for the purpose of preventing the restoration of the monarchy later.
To make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
To persecute.
To torment; to torture.
As nouns the difference between martyr and sufferer
is that martyr is one who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom while sufferer is one who suffers.As a verb martyr
is to make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.martyr
English
(wikipedia martyr)Noun
(en noun)- Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr .
- Stan is a martyr''' to arthritis, Chris a ' martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.
Synonyms
* shaheed, shahidAntonyms
* confessorDerived terms
{{der3, martyr complex , martyrdom , martyress , martyrial , martyrish , martyrizate , martyrize , martyrizer , martyrly , martyrolatry , martyrless , martyrship}}Verb
(en verb)- ''Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
- The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart
- Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. — Spenser