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Suffering vs Throes - What's the difference?

suffering | throes | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between suffering and throes

is that suffering is the condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress while throes is plural of lang=en.

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)
  • Experiencing pain.(jump)

    • Synonyms

    * (jump) in pain

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 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)

    • throes

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * in the throes of

    Anagrams

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