torturing vs torture

torture vs torturing

torturing and torture both are nouns.

torturing is an adjective but torture is not an adjective.

torturing is not a verb while torture is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
torturing	Yes	Yes	No	No
torture	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, torturing and torture are synonyms defined as:

torturing and torture: 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

torturing (noun)	torture (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	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
	the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
	intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
	extreme mental distress
	unbearable physical pain

torturing (adjective)	torture (adjective)
extremely painful

torturing (verb)	torture (verb)
	subject to torture
	torment emotionally or mentally

Difference between torturing and torture

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