Harm and Suffer

Harm

Harm verb - To cause bodily damage to.

Suffer and harm are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suffer" instead a verb "Harm".

Suffer

Suffer verb - To come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it.

Harm and suffer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Harm" instead a verb "Suffer".

Nearby Words: suffering, sufferance, sufferer

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

form harm form suffer form
way harm way suffer way

Both words in one sentence

  • Subverted, though, in that he feels (not without some reason) that the harm he will cause to someone else by speaking out may be as great as the harm he may suffer by keeping silent.
  • Sarda in 8-Bit Theater wants the so-called "Light Warriors" to suffer for all the harm they caused and continue to cause, rather than stop them from causing more harm.
  • Myth / Wayland the Smith That he does not harm the king directly is probably only to make him suffer more.
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