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Grief vs Tore - What's the difference?

grief | tore |

As nouns the difference between grief and tore

is that grief is suffering, hardship while tore is custom, law.

As a verb grief

is (online gaming) to deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially , to do this as one’s primary activity in the game.

grief

English

(wikipedia grief)

Noun

  • Suffering, hardship.
  • Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
  • She was worn out from so much grief .
    The betrayal caused Jeff grief .
  • (countable) Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.
  • Surely, he hath borne our griefs , and carried our sorrows. -Isaiah 53:4

    Derived terms

    * give someone grief

    Verb

    (en verb) (Griefer)
  • (online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially , to do this as one’s primary activity in the game.
  • Usage notes

    * This verb is most commonly found in the gerund-participle (griefing) and the derived noun (griefer).

    tore

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Full; rich.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tear) (rip, rend, speed).
  • Usage notes
    * The past tense of the other verb (tear), meaning "produce liquid from the eyes", is (teared).

    Etymology 3

    See torus.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture)
  • (geometry) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
  • The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.
  • Etymology 4

    Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
  • (Mortimer)
    (Webster 1913)