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Martyred vs Tortured - What's the difference?

martyred | tortured |

As verbs the difference between martyred and tortured

is that martyred is (martyr) while tortured is (torture).

martyred

English

Verb

(head)
  • (martyr)

    • martyr

    English

    (wikipedia martyr)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.
    • Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr .
  • (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.
    • Stan is a martyr''' to arthritis, Chris a ' martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.
  • * {{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.

    • Synonyms

    * shaheed, shahid

    Antonyms

    * confessor

    Derived terms

    {{der3, martyr complex , martyrdom , martyress , martyrial , martyrish , martyrizate , martyrize , martyrizer , martyrly , martyrolatry , martyrless , martyrship}}

    Related terms

    {{rel3, martyrdom , martyrion , martyrium , martyrologe , martyrologue , martyrology , martyry , protomartyr}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.
    • ''Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
  • To torment; to torture.
    • The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart
    Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. — Spenser

    Synonyms

    * martyrize

    Derived terms

    * martyrer

    tortured

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (torture)

    • torture

    English

    (wikipedia torture)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
    • Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture .
    In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.
    People confess to anything under torture .
  • (chiefly, literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
    • Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture !

    Derived terms

    * torture chamber *

    Related terms

    * * tort * torta

    Verb

    (tortur)
  • To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
    • People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.

    Derived terms

    * *

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