Survival vs Suffer - What's the difference?
survival | suffer |
The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
(as a modifier ) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
(sports) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.
* 2000 , Dan Goldstein,
* 2013 , , How Football Saved My Life , page 139:
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. 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.
As a noun survival
is the fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.As a verb suffer is
to undergo hardship.survival
English
(wikipedia survival)Noun
- His survival in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.
- His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.
The Rough Guide to English Football: A Fans' Handbook 2000-2001:
- "...a team that have turned snatching relegation from the jaws of top-flight survival into an art form..."
- "Before you know it, you find yourself flirting around the relegation places and the season becomes a battle for survival ."
Derived terms
* survival value * survival analysis * survival rate * survival skill * survival kit * survivalism * survival of the fittestExternal links
* *suffer
English
Verb
(en verb)- If your more ponderous and settled project / May suffer alteration.
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- "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.