Misery vs Suffering - What's the difference?
misery | suffering |
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
(Extreme) poverty.
Greed; avarice.
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 nouns the difference between misery and suffering
is that misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe while suffering is the condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.As an adjective suffering is
experiencing pain.{{jump|experiencing pain}} singular.As a verb suffering is
present participle of lang=en.misery
English
Noun
(miseries)- Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face .
Synonyms
* seeDerived terms
* put out of one's miserysuffering
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.}}