Torment vs Arouse - What's the difference?
torment | arouse |
(obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
* Bible, Matthew iv. 24
To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex'' but weaker than ''to torture. )
* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "
To stimulate feelings.
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*:“?My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “?incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat?: “?I prefer a farandole to a nocturne?; I'd rather have a painting than an etching?; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;.”
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To wake from sleep or stupor.
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As verbs the difference between torment and arouse
is that torment is to cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex'' but weaker than ''to torture ) while arouse is to stimulate feelings.As a noun torment
is (obsolete) a catapult or other kind of war-engine.torment
English
Noun
(en noun)- He was bitter from the torments of the divorce system.
- They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments .
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* tormentousVerb
(en verb)- The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.
Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:
- Moyes, who never won a derby at Liverpool in 11 years as Everton manager, did not find the Etihad any more forgiving as City picked United apart in midfield, where Toure looked in a different class to United's £27.5m new boy Marouane Fellaini, and in defence as Aguero tormented Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand.
Derived terms
* tormentorarouse
English
Verb
(en-verb)Lord Stranleigh Abroad, passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.}}