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suffer vs grieve

grieve vs suffer

suffer and grieve both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
suffer No No Yes No
grieve No No Yes No
As verbs, grieve is a hyponym of suffer; that is, grieve is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than suffer:
  • suffer: experience (emotional) pain
  • grieve: feel grief
Other hyponyms of suffer include agonise, agonize, anguish, lose, sorrow.
suffer (verb) grieve (verb)
be in pain feel grief
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) cause to feel sorrow
feel unwell or uncomfortable
get worse in quality
be set at a disadvantage
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
experience (emotional) pain
feel physical pain
undergo or be subjected to
undergo or suffer
be given to
Difference between suffer and grieve

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