Suffering vs Deterioration - What's the difference?
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Experiencing pain.(jump)
The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 14
, author=Steven Morris
, title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave
, work=Guardian
The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
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, year=2012
, date=June 4
, author=Lewis Smith
, title=Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?
, work=the Guardian
As nouns the difference between suffering and deterioration
is that suffering is the condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress while deterioration is the process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.As an adjective suffering
is experiencing pain.{{jump|experiencing pain}} singular.As a verb suffering
is present participle of lang=en.suffering
English
Adjective
(head)Synonyms
* (jump) in painNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She claimed the microwave was accidentally turned on by one of the cats after the kitten got inside. But Knutton said the kitten was too small to even get onto the work surface.}}
Verb
(head)deterioration
English
Noun
citation, page= , passage=The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.}}