Tortured vs Torment - What's the difference?
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(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).
(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, "
As verbs the difference between tortured and torment
is that tortured is past tense of torture while torment is to cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture..As a noun torment is
a catapult or other kind of war-engine.tortured
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Verb
(head)torture
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(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.
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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.