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Peril vs Grief - What's the difference?

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Peril is a related term of grief.


As nouns the difference between peril and grief

is that peril is peril, danger while grief is suffering, hardship.

As a verb grief is

(online gaming) to deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially , to do this as one’s primary activity in the game.

peril

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A situation of serious and immediate danger.
  • Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
  • The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
  • (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
  • Synonyms

    * danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat, wathe * See also

    Derived terms

    * yellow peril

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to be in danger; to imperil.
  • * 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XIV:
  • *:"I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    grief

    English

    (wikipedia grief)

    Noun

  • Suffering, hardship.
  • Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
  • She was worn out from so much grief .
    The betrayal caused Jeff grief .
  • (countable) Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.
  • Surely, he hath borne our griefs , and carried our sorrows. -Isaiah 53:4

    Derived terms

    * give someone grief

    Verb

    (en verb) (Griefer)
  • (online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially , to do this as one’s primary activity in the game.
  • Usage notes

    * This verb is most commonly found in the gerund-participle (griefing) and the derived noun (griefer).