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hurt vs pain

pain vs hurt

hurt and pain both are nouns.

hurt is an adjective but pain is not an adjective.

hurt and pain both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hurt Yes Yes Yes No
pain Yes No Yes No
As nouns, pain is a hypernym of hurt; that is, pain is a word with a broader meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: feelings of mental or physical pain
  • pain: emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
Other hypernyms of hurt include painfulness.
As nouns, pain is a hypernym of hurt; that is, pain is a word with a broader meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: psychological suffering
  • pain: emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
Other hypernyms of hurt include painfulness.
As verbs, pain is a hyponym of hurt; that is, pain is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: give trouble or pain to
  • pain: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
Other hyponyms of hurt include injure, wound, ail, trouble, disagree with.
As verbs, hurt and pain are synonyms defined as:
  • hurt and pain: cause emotional anguish or make miserable
Other synonyms of hurt include anguish.
hurt (noun) pain (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
a damage or loss something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
feelings of mental or physical pain emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
psychological suffering a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
hurt (adjective) pain (adjective)
damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value
suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
hurt (verb) pain (verb)
give trouble or pain to cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
be in pain cause emotional anguish or make miserable
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 pain

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