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Worry vs Pains - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between worry and pains

is that worry is to seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf while pains is third-person singular of pain.

As nouns the difference between worry and pains

is that worry is a strong feeling of anxiety while pains is plural of lang=en.

worry

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
    • Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.
  • To harass; to irritate or distress.
    • The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.
  • Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
    • Your tone of voice worries me.
  • To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.
    • Stop worrying about your test, it’ll be fine.
  • (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To strangle.
  • To cause concern or anxiety.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.}}

    Synonyms

    * (trouble mentally) fret

    Noun

    (worries)
  • A strong feeling of anxiety.
  • :
  • An instance or cause of such a feeling.
  • :

    • Derived terms

    * worried * worrisome

    pains

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (used in plural) Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
  • * , chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pain)

    • Derived terms

    * be at pains * take pains

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