Distress
Part of speech: noun
Definition: (Cause of) discomfort. Serious danger. A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cause strain or anxiety to someone. To retain someone's property against the payment of a debt; to distrain. To treat an object, such as an antique, to give it an appearance of age.
Example sentence: All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting time, staring at the wall while telling ourselves we should be working. We call this doing nothing, but our brains are furiously active. We think constantly, and our thinking is often rife with distress.
Hurt
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Wounded, physically injured.Pained.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A wound or pain.A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To be painful.To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
Example sentence: A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.