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