Torture vs Tortured - What's the difference?
torture | tortured |
Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
(chiefly, literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
(torture)
Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
(chiefly, literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
As verbs the difference between torture and tortured
is that torture is while tortured is (torture).torture
English
(wikipedia torture)Noun
(en noun)- 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 .
- Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture !
Derived terms
* torture chamber *Verb
(tortur)- People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.
Derived terms
* *External links
* * * ----tortured
English
Verb
(head)torture
English
(wikipedia torture)Noun
(en noun)- 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 .
- Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture !
Derived terms
* torture chamber *Verb
(tortur)- People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.