swallow vs suffer

suffer vs swallow

swallow is a noun but suffer is not a noun.

swallow and suffer both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
swallow	Yes	No	Yes	No
suffer	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, suffer is a hypernym of swallow; that is, suffer is a word with a broader meaning than swallow:

swallow: tolerate or accommodate oneself to
suffer: put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Other hypernyms of swallow include abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, support, tolerate.

swallow (noun)	suffer (noun)
the act of swallowing
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
a small amount of liquid food

swallow (verb)	suffer (verb)
believe or accept without questioning or challenge	be in pain
keep from expressing	undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
tolerate or accommodate oneself to	feel unwell or uncomfortable
take back what one has said	get worse in quality
utter unclearly	be set at a disadvantage
engulf and destroy	put up with something or somebody unpleasant
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking	experience (emotional) pain
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing	feel physical pain
	undergo or be subjected to
	undergo or suffer
	be given to

Difference between swallow and suffer

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