ordeal

As nouns the difference between ordeal and travail

is that ordeal is a painful or trying experience while travail is arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.

As a verb travail is

to toil.

Ordeal is a related term of woe.

As nouns the difference between ordeal and woe

is that ordeal is a painful or trying experience while woe is grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.

As an adjective woe is

(obsolete) woeful; sorrowful.

As nouns the difference between ordeal and misery

is that ordeal is a painful or trying experience while misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

As nouns the difference between misfortune and ordeal

is that misfortune is (uncountable) bad luck while ordeal is a painful or trying experience.

As nouns the difference between affliction and ordeal

is that affliction is a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony while ordeal is a painful or trying experience.

As nouns the difference between ordeal and pain

is that ordeal is a painful or trying experience while pain is .

As an adverb pain is

towards, in/to the direction of.

As a noun ordeal

is a painful or trying experience.

As a verb curse is

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As nouns the difference between torment and ordeal

is that torment is a catapult or other kind of war-engine while ordeal is a painful or trying experience.

As a verb torment

is to cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture..

As nouns the difference between ordeal and calamity

is that ordeal is a painful or trying experience while calamity is an event resulting in great loss.

As nouns the difference between adversity and ordeal

is that adversity is the state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity while ordeal is a painful or trying experience.