soreness vs suffering
suffering vs sorenesssoreness and suffering both are nouns.
soreness is not an adjective while suffering is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| soreness | Yes | No | No | No |
| suffering | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
suffering is a hypernym of
soreness; that is, suffering is a
word with a broader meaning than soreness:
- soreness: an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
- suffering: feelings of mental or physical pain
Other hypernyms of soreness include
hurt.
| soreness (noun) | suffering (noun) |
|---|---|
| an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress | feelings of mental or physical pain |
| a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) | psychological suffering |
| a state of acute pain | |
| misery resulting from affliction |
| soreness (adjective) | suffering (adjective) |
|---|---|
| troubled by pain or loss | |
| very unhappy; full of misery |
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