Suffering vs. Passion — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Suffering and Passion
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Definitions
Suffering➦
Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, may be an experience of unpleasantness and aversion associated with the perception of harm or threat of harm in an individual. Suffering is the basic element that makes up the negative valence of affective phenomena.
Passion➦
Strong and barely controllable emotion
A man of impetuous passion
Suffering➦
The state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship
Weapons that cause unnecessary suffering
His disregard for the sufferings of his fellow countrymen
Passion➦
The suffering and death of Jesus
Meditations on the Passion of Christ
Suffering➦
The condition of one who suffers; the bearing of pain or distress.
Passion➦
Strong or powerful emotion
A crime of passion.
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Suffering➦
An instance of pain or distress.
Passion➦
A powerful emotion, such as anger or joy
A spirit governed by intense passions.
Suffering➦
Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.
Passion➦
A state of strong sexual desire or love
"His desire flared into a passion he could no longer check" (Barbara Taylor Bradford).
Suffering➦
The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
Passion➦
The object of such desire or love
She became his passion.
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Suffering➦
Present participle of suffer
Passion➦
Boundless enthusiasm
His skills as a player don't quite match his passion for the game.
Suffering➦
The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs.
Passion➦
The object of such enthusiasm
Soccer is her passion.
Suffering➦
Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.
Passion➦
An abandoned display of emotion, especially of anger
He's been known to fly into a passion without warning.
Suffering➦
A state of acute pain
Passion➦
The sufferings of Jesus in the period following the Last Supper and including the Crucifixion, as related in the New Testament.
Suffering➦
Misery resulting from affliction
Passion➦
A narrative, musical setting, or pictorial representation of Jesus's sufferings.
Suffering➦
Psychological suffering;
The death of his wife caused him great distress
Passion➦
Martyrdom
The passion of Saint Margaret.
Suffering➦
Feelings of mental or physical pain
Passion➦
A true desire sustained or prolonged.
Suffering➦
Troubled by pain or loss;
Suffering refugees
Passion➦
Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
We share a passion for books.
Suffering➦
Very unhappy; full of misery;
He felt depressed and miserable
A message of hope for suffering humanity
Wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
Passion➦
Fervor, determination.
Passion➦
An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion.
Passion➦
Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.
We shared a night of passion.
Passion➦
The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
Passion➦
A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
Passion➦
(obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
A cardiac passion
Passion➦
(obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition
Passion➦
(obsolete) The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
Passion➦
(obsolete) An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.
[...] to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle.
Passion➦
(obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.
Passion➦
(obsolete) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
Passion➦
(transitive) To give a passionate character to.
Passion➦
A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross.
To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs.
Passion➦
The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; - opposed to action.
A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set in motion, it is rather a passion than an action in it.
Passion➦
Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
Moldable and not moldable, scissible and not scissible, and many other passions of matter.
Passion➦
The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear, etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill.
We also are men of like passions with you.
The nature of the human mind can not be sufficiently understood, without considering the affections and passions, or those modifications or actions of the mind consequent upon the apprehension of certain objects or events in which the mind generally conceives good or evil.
The term passion, and its adverb passionately, often express a very strong predilection for any pursuit, or object of taste - a kind of enthusiastic fondness for anything.
The bravery of his grief did put meInto a towering passion.
The ruling passion, be it what it will,The ruling passion conquers reason still.
Who walked in every path of human life,Felt every passion.
When statesmen are ruled by faction and interest, they can have no passion for the glory of their country.
Passion➦
Disorder of the mind; madness.
Passion➦
Passion week. See Passion week, below.
Passion➦
To give a passionate character to.
Passion➦
To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
Passion➦
Strong feeling or emotion
Passion➦
Intense passion or emotion
Passion➦
Something that is desired intensely;
His rage for fame destroyed him
Passion➦
An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
Passion➦
A feeling of strong sexual desire
Passion➦
Any object of warm affection or devotion;
The theater was her first love
He has a passion for cock fighting
Passion➦
The suffering of Jesus at the crucifixion
