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Survival vs Suffer - What's the difference?

survival | suffer |

As a noun survival

is the fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.

As a verb suffer is

to undergo hardship.

survival

Noun

  • The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
  • His survival in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.
  • (as a modifier ) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
  • His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.
  • (sports) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.
  • * 2000 , Dan Goldstein, 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..."
  • * 2013 , , How Football Saved My Life , page 139:
  • "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 fittest

    suffer

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To undergo hardship.
  • To feel pain.
  • To have a disease or condition.
  • To become worse.
  • To endure, undergo.
  • * Shakespeare
  • If your more ponderous and settled project / May suffer alteration.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= 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.}}
  • (archaic) To allow.
  • * The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. ยง 203:
  • "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.
  • * 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.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * insufferable * sufferer * suffering * suffer fools gladly * suffer by comparison

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