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Torture vs Bethrow - What's the difference?

torture | bethrow |

As verbs the difference between torture and bethrow

is that torture is while bethrow is to throw; throw about or around; cast; turn over to; cast down; deject; lay prostrate.

torture

Noun

(en noun)
  • Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
  • Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture .
    In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.
    People confess to anything under torture .
  • (chiefly, literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
  • Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture !

    Derived terms

    * torture chamber *

    Verb

    (tortur)
  • To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
  • People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.

    Derived terms

    * *

    bethrow

    English

    Verb

  • To throw; throw about or around; cast; turn over to; cast down; deject; lay prostrate.
  • *2006 , Glenn Belverio, Thomas Onorato, Confessions from the Velvet Ropes :
  • Ehmann, who is known in ntown [sic] New York circles for her sex and fetish parties, bethrowing the Kitsch Inn party because of her soft spot for 'y metal hair bands, and she thought Thomas would be the t person to have at their door.
  • *2009 , Be Tamed and Obidient by DemonPrincess_Rin:
  • Rin a teen girl she's real bad, one day her mother bethrows her to a demon and he takes her away from her friends and now she lives with him!!
  • To throw or twist about; throw off; torture.
  • *2009 , This Is It, Michael Jackson's movie - Lens79 Blog:
  • MJ was a talented musician- there is no denying the obvious. people all around him regarded him with great esteem. how that failed to translate to the average man and women bethrows me.