Throe vs. Throwe — What's the Difference?

Often throes A severe pang or spasm of pain, as in childbirth.

A turning lathe.

Throes A condition of extreme difficulty or trouble

A turning lathe.

A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.

The pain of labour or childbirth; the suffering of death.

Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm.

A hard struggle, especially one associated with the beginning or finishing of a task.

Synonym of froe

(transitive) To cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.

(intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.

A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.

To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

To put in agony.

Severe spasm of pain;

Hard or painful trouble or struggle;