Throe vs Pangs - What's the difference?
throe | pangs | Related terms |
A pang, spasm.
* 1819 , :
A hard struggle.
A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
To put in agony.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 1
*:SEBASTIAN:
To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
As nouns the difference between throe and pangs
is that throe is a pang, spasm while pangs is plural of lang=en.As verbs the difference between throe and pangs
is that throe is to put in agony while pangs is third-person singular of pang.throe
English
Noun
(en noun)- As if their own indignant Earth
- Which gave the sons of England birth
- Had felt their blood upon her brow,
- And shuddering with a mother's throe
- Had turned every drop of blood
- By which her face had been bedewed
- To an accent unwithstood, —
- As if her heart had cried aloud: [...]
Synonyms
* See also * See alsoDerived terms
* in the throes ofVerb
- Prithee, say on:
- The setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim
- A matter from thee, and a birth, indeed
- Which throes thee much to yield.