painful vs terrible

painful and terrible both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
painful	No	Yes	No	No
terrible	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, painful and terrible are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of painful include abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, unspeakable.

painful (adjective)	terrible (adjective)
causing physical or psychological pain	causing fear or dread or terror
exceptionally bad or displeasing	extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
causing physical discomfort	intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
causing misery or pain or distress	exceptionally bad or displeasing