suffering vs misery
misery vs sufferingsuffering and misery both are nouns.
suffering is an adjective but misery is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| suffering | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| misery | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
misery is a hypernym of
suffering; that is, misery is a
word with a broader meaning than suffering:
- suffering: misery resulting from affliction
- misery: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
Other hypernyms of suffering include
miserableness, wretchedness.
| suffering (noun) | misery (noun) |
|---|---|
| feelings of mental or physical pain | a feeling of intense unhappiness |
| psychological suffering | a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune |
| a state of acute pain | |
| misery resulting from affliction |
| suffering (adjective) | misery (adjective) |
|---|---|
| troubled by pain or loss | |
| very unhappy; full of misery |
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