Suffered vs Underwent - What's the difference?
suffered | underwent |
(suffer)
To undergo hardship.
To feel pain.
To have a disease or condition.
To become worse.
To endure, undergo.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (archaic) To allow.
* The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 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.
(undergo)
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As verbs the difference between suffered and underwent
is that suffered is past tense of suffer while underwent is simple past of undergo.suffered
English
Verb
(head)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
* ----underwent
English
Verb
(head)- The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent —often repeated—conceptual modification.
