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Soreness vs Discomfort - What's the difference?

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Soreness is a related term of discomfort.


As nouns the difference between soreness and discomfort

is that soreness is the property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness while discomfort is mental or bodily distress.

As a verb discomfort is

to cause annoyance or distress to.

soreness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.
    • The salve made the soreness go away, but with the aches gone I suddenly noticed my other pains.

    discomfort

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Mental or bodily distress.
  • Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause annoyance or distress to.
  • (obsolete) To discourage; to deject.
  • * Shakespeare
    • His funeral shall not be in our camp, / Lest it discomfort us.

    Usage notes

    As a verb, the unrelated term discomfit is often used instead, largely interchangeably, though this is proscribed by some as an error, (term) originally meaning “destroy”, not “distress”.

    Derived terms

    * discomforter

    See also

    * discomfit