suffer vs stand for

suffer and stand for both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
suffer	No	No	Yes	No
stand for	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, stand for is a hyponym of suffer; that is, stand for is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than suffer:

suffer (verb)	stand for (verb)
be in pain	tolerate or bear
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)	denote or connote
feel unwell or uncomfortable	express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
get worse in quality	take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
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