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hurt vs torment

torment vs hurt

hurt and torment both are nouns.

hurt is an adjective but torment is not an adjective.

hurt and torment both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hurt Yes Yes Yes No
torment Yes No Yes No
As nouns, torment is a hyponym of hurt; that is, torment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: feelings of mental or physical pain
  • torment: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
Other hyponyms of hurt include agony, torture, throes, discomfort, irritation, soreness.
As nouns, torment is a hyponym of hurt; that is, torment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: psychological suffering
  • torment: extreme mental distress
Other hyponyms of hurt include anguish, torture, self-torment, self-torture, tsoris, wound.
As verbs, torment is a hyponym of hurt; that is, torment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: cause emotional anguish or make miserable
  • torment: torment emotionally or mentally
Other hyponyms of hurt include break someone's heart, agonise, agonize, try, excruciate, rack, torture.
hurt (noun) torment (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone the act of harassing someone
a damage or loss a severe affliction
feelings of mental or physical pain intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
psychological suffering extreme mental distress
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
unbearable physical pain
hurt (adjective) torment (adjective)
damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value
suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
hurt (verb) torment (verb)
give trouble or pain to subject to torture
be in pain torment emotionally or mentally
cause damage or affect negatively treat cruelly
hurt the feelings of
cause emotional anguish or make miserable
be the source of pain
feel physical pain
Difference between hurt and torment

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