Difference between Bother and Pain

What is the difference between Bother and Pain?

Bother as a verb is to annoy, to disturb, to irritate. while Pain as a verb is to hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.

Bother

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To annoy, to disturb, to irritate. To do something at one's own inconvenience. To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Fuss, ado. Trouble, inconvenience.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: A mild expression of annoyance.

Example sentence: Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.

Pain

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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 condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress; sadness; grief; solicitude; disquietude.An annoying person or thing.Suffering seen as a punishment or penalty.

Example sentence: Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.

We hope you now know whether to use Bother or Pain in your sentence.

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