Tribulation vs Curse - What's the difference?
tribulation | curse |
Any adversity; a trying period or event.
* 1535 , , Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation , ch. 6:
* 1847 , , Omoo , ch. 11:
* 1944 June 27, , Speech in Chicago, Illinois to the 23rd Republican National Convention:
* 2009 Sept. 24, , "
A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
* Shakespeare
A vulgar epithet.
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(lb) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed' the fate which had assigned such a duty, ' cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
*Bible, (w) xxii. 28
*:Thou shalt notcurse the ruler of thy people.
(lb) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
(lb) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
*Bible, (w) xxi. 74
*:Then began he to curse and to swear.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:His spirits hear me, / And yet I need must curse .
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:On impious realms and barbarous kings impose / Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those.
As nouns the difference between tribulation and curse
is that tribulation is any adversity; a trying period or event while curse is a supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.As a proper noun Tribulation
is a relatively short period of time before the second coming where believers will experience worldwide persecution and be purified and strengthened by it.As a verb curse is
to place a curse upon (a person or object).tribulation
English
Noun
(en noun)- For the blessed apostle himself in his sore tribulation', praying thrice unto God to take it away from him, was answered again by God (in a manner) that he was but a fool in asking that request, but that the help of God's grace in that '''tribulation''' to strengthen him was far better for him than to take that ' tribulation from him.
- Baltimore's tribulations were indeed sore; there was no peace for him day nor night.
- It is youth who must inherit the tribulation , the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.
Kristina'': A New Musical from the ABBA Guys," ''New York Times (retrieved 12 March 2014):
- Essentially stoic, passive characters, Kristina and the others triumph by surviving — by outliving their plagues and tribulations .
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English
Noun
(wikipedia curse) (en noun)- The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance.
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