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Plaintive vs Suffering - What's the difference?

plaintive | suffering |

As adjectives the difference between plaintive and suffering

is that plaintive is sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic while suffering is experiencing pain(jump).

As a noun suffering is

the condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.

As a verb suffering is

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plaintive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.

    • Related terms

    * plaint * plaintiff

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    suffering

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Experiencing pain.(jump)

    • Synonyms

    * (jump) in pain

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
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    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian 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.}}

    Verb

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