Tears vs Sorrow - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between tears and sorrow

is that tears is while sorrow is (uncountable) unhappiness, woe.

is that tears is (tear) while sorrow is to feel or express grief.

(head)

viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting

(head)

(tear)

(uncountable) unhappiness, woe

* Rambler

The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.

(countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.

Parting is such sweet sorrow .

(en verb)

To feel or express grief.

* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 424:

‘Sorrow not, sir,’ says he, ‘like those without hope.’

To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.

*, II.12:

It is impossible to make a man naturally blind, to conceive that he seeth not; impossible to make him desire to see, and sorrow his defect.

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