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hurt vs torture

torture vs hurt

hurt and torture both are nouns.

hurt is an adjective but torture is not an adjective.

hurt and torture both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hurt Yes Yes Yes No
torture Yes No Yes No
As nouns, torture is a hyponym of hurt; that is, torture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: feelings of mental or physical pain
  • torture: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
Other hyponyms of hurt include agony, torment, throes, discomfort, irritation, soreness.
As nouns, torture is a hyponym of hurt; that is, torture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: psychological suffering
  • torture: extreme mental distress
Other hyponyms of hurt include anguish, torment, self-torment, self-torture, tsoris, wound.
As verbs, torture is a hyponym of hurt; that is, torture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: cause emotional anguish or make miserable
  • torture: torment emotionally or mentally
Other hyponyms of hurt include break someone's heart, agonise, agonize, try, excruciate, rack, torment.
hurt (noun) torture (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
a damage or loss the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
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 unbearable physical pain
hurt (adjective) torture (adjective)
damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value
suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
hurt (verb) torture (verb)
give trouble or pain to subject to torture
be in pain torment emotionally or mentally
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 torture

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