Tormented vs Bullying - What's the difference?
tormented | bullying |
(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, "
An act of intimidating a weaker person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
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As verbs the difference between tormented and bullying
is that tormented is (torment) while bullying is .As a noun bullying is
an act of intimidating a weaker person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.tormented
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Verb
(head)torment
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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.