Suffer vs Hurt - What's the difference?
suffer | hurt |
To undergo hardship.
To feel pain.
To have a disease or condition.
To become worse.
To endure, undergo.
* Shakespeare
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, title= (archaic) To allow.
* The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. ยง 203:
* Section 31-36 of the Code of Montgomery County, Maryland:
*KJV, Matthew 19:14
*:But Jesus said, suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
To be painful.
To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
To undermine, impede, or damage.
An emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience)
* How to overcome old hurts of the past
(archaic) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
* 1605 , Shakespeare, King Lear vii
* John Locke
(archaic) injury; damage; detriment; harm
* Shakespeare
(heraldiccharge) A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
(engineering) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
A husk.
In intransitive terms the difference between suffer and hurt
is that suffer is to become worse while hurt is to be painful.In transitive terms the difference between suffer and hurt
is that suffer is to endure, undergo while hurt is to undermine, impede, or damage.As an adjective hurt is
wounded, physically injured.As a noun hurt is
an emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience.suffer
English
Verb
(en verb)- If your more ponderous and settled project / May suffer alteration.
The rise of smart beta, passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
- "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* insufferable * sufferer * suffering * suffer fools gladly * suffer by comparisonAnagrams
* ----hurt
English
Verb
- Does your leg still hurt ? / It is starting to feel better.
- If anybody hurts my little brother I will get upset.
- This latest gaffe hurts the MP's reelection prospects still further.
Synonyms
* wound, injureDerived terms
* wouldn't hurt a flySee also
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- I have received a hurt .
- The pains of sickness and hurts all men feel.
- Thou dost me yet but little hurt .