Pester vs Torment - What's the difference?
pester | torment |
(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, "
In lang=en terms the difference between pester and torment
is that pester is to bother, harass or annoy persistently while torment is to cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex'' but weaker than ''to torture ).As verbs the difference between pester and torment
is that pester is to bother, harass or annoy persistently while torment is to cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex'' but weaker than ''to torture ).As a noun torment is
(obsolete) a catapult or other kind of war-engine.pester
English
Alternative forms
* pestre (obsolete)Synonyms
* badger * bug * houndAnagrams
* * English transitive verbs ----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.