Pain vs. Tenderness

Pain vs. Tenderness — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Pain and Tenderness

Painnoun

An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.

The greatest difficulty lies in treating patients with chronic pain.I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.

Tendernessnoun

a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings

When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness.

Painnoun

(uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress

In the final analysis, pain is a fact of life.The pain of departure was difficult to bear.

Tendernessnoun

concern for the feelings or welfare of others

When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.

Painnoun

An annoying person or thing.

Your mother is a right pain.

Tendernessnoun

pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched

He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.
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Painnoun

Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.

You may not leave this room on pain of death.

Tendernessnoun

a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling

Painnoun

Labour; effort; pains.

Tendernessnoun

a pain that is felt when the area is touched

Painnoun

Any of various breads stuffed with a filling.

gammon pain; Spanish pain

Tendernessnoun

warm compassionate feelings

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Painverb

(transitive) To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.

The wound pained him.

Tendernessnoun

a positive feeling of liking;

he had trouble expressing the affection he feltthe child won everyone's heart

Painverb

(transitive) To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.

It pains me to say that I must let you go.

Tendernessnoun

a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)

Painverb

To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

Painnoun

a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder;

the patient developed severe pain and distension

Painnoun

emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid;

the pain of loneliness

Painnoun

a somatic sensation of acute discomfort;

as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain

Painnoun

a bothersome annoying person;

that kid is a terrible pain

Painnoun

something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness;

washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washera bit of a botherhe's not a friend, he's an infliction

Painverb

cause bodily suffering to

Painverb

cause emotional anguish or make miserable;

It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school