Suffering vs Torture - What's the difference?
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Experiencing pain.(jump)
The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
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Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
(chiefly, literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
As nouns the difference between suffering and torture
is that suffering is the condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress while torture is intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.As verbs the difference between suffering and torture
is that suffering is present participle of lang=en while torture is to intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).As an adjective suffering
is experiencing pain.{{jump|experiencing pain}} singular.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)torture
English
(wikipedia torture)Noun
(en noun)- Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture .
- In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.
- People confess to anything under torture .
- Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture !
Derived terms
* torture chamber *Verb
(tortur)- People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.