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torture vs pain

pain vs torture

torture and pain both are nouns.

torture and pain both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
torture Yes No Yes No
pain Yes No Yes No
As nouns, pain is a hypernym of torture; that is, pain is a word with a broader meaning than torture:
  • torture: unbearable physical pain
  • pain: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
Other hypernyms of torture include hurting.
As verbs, pain is a hypernym of torture; that is, pain is a word with a broader meaning than torture:
  • torture: torment emotionally or mentally
  • pain: cause emotional anguish or make miserable
Other hypernyms of torture include anguish, hurt.
torture (noun) pain (noun)
the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
extreme mental distress a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
unbearable physical pain
torture (verb) pain (verb)
subject to torture cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
torment emotionally or mentally cause emotional anguish or make miserable
Difference between torture and pain

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