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Probing vs Painful - What's the difference?

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Probing is a related term of painful.


As adjectives the difference between probing and painful

is that probing is of something that investigates or explores deeply while painful is causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.

As a noun probing

is the action of investigating]] or [[explore|exploring.

As a verb probing

is .

probing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of something that investigates or explores deeply.
  • He was unsettled by her probing questions.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of investigating]] or [[explore, exploring.
  • Synonyms

    * exploring, investigating, questioning

    Verb

    (head)
  • painful

    Alternative forms

    * painfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
  • Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
  • Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
  • * 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 142:
  • The men bestow their times in fishing, hunting, warres, and such manlike exercises, scorning to be seene in any woman-like exercise, which is the cause that the women be very painefull , and the men often idle.
  • * 1843 , , Book 2, Ch. 2
  • For twenty generations, here was the earthly arena where painful living men worked out their life-wrestle

    Synonyms

    * (full of pain) doleful, sorrowful, irksome, annoying * (requiring labor or toil) laborious, exerting

    Antonyms

    * (causing pain) painless, painfree

    Derived terms

    * painfully * painfulness