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hurt vs break someone's heart

break someone's heart vs hurt

hurt is a noun but break someone's heart is not a noun.

hurt is an adjective but break someone's heart is not an adjective.

hurt and break someone's heart both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hurt Yes Yes Yes No
break someone's heart No No Yes No
As verbs, break someone's heart is a hyponym of hurt; that is, break someone's heart is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: cause emotional anguish or make miserable
  • break someone's heart: cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody
Other hyponyms of hurt include agonise, agonize, try, excruciate, rack, torment, torture.
hurt (noun) break someone's heart (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone
a damage or loss
feelings of mental or physical pain
psychological suffering
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
hurt (adjective) break someone's heart (adjective)
damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value
suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
hurt (verb) break someone's heart (verb)
give trouble or pain to cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody
be in pain
cause damage or affect negatively
hurt the feelings of
cause emotional anguish or make miserable
be the source of pain
feel physical pain
Difference between hurt and break someone's heart

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