Sorrow vs Grieve - What's the difference?
sorrow | grieve |
(uncountable) unhappiness, woe
* Rambler
(countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
To feel or express grief.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 424:
To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.
*, II.12:
To cause sorrow or distress to.
* Bible, Eph. iv. 30
* Cowper
To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
To experience grief.
(archaic) To harm.
To submit or file a grievance.
* 2009 D'Amico, Rob , Editor, Texas Teacher , published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14:
(obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
(chiefly, Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
* Sir Walter Scott
As nouns the difference between sorrow and grieve
is that sorrow is (uncountable) unhappiness, woe while grieve is (obsolete) a governor of a town or province.As verbs the difference between sorrow and grieve
is that sorrow is to feel or express grief while grieve is to cause sorrow or distress to.sorrow
English
Noun
- The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.
- Parting is such sweet sorrow .
Verb
(en verb)- ‘Sorrow not, sir,’ says he, ‘like those without hope.’
- It is impossible to make a man naturally blind, to conceive that he seeth not; impossible to make him desire to see, and sorrow his defect.
References
* *grieve
English
Etymology 1
From the conjugated forms of (etyl) .Verb
(griev)- Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
- The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
- to grieve one's fate
- Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the [...] Board of Trustees.
Derived terms
* grieved * griever * grievinglyEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve .
