Tear and Weep

Tear

Tear verb - Fill with tears or shed tears.
Usage example: Her eyes were tearing

Weep and tear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Weep" instead the word "Tear" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: tearful, tearing, teary, teardrop, tearless

Weep

Weep verb - To flow forth slowly through small openings.

Tear and weep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Tear" instead a noun "Weep".

Nearby Words: weeping, weepy, weeper

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

single single tear single weep

Common collocations

heart tear heart weep heart
game tear game weep game
arms tear arms weep arms
eyes tear eyes weep eyes

Both words in one sentence

  • Disney Death Her friends manage to recover her body and as they weep, their tears fall upon the tear-shaped crystal on her leaf-and-blossom headdress.
    Source: Disney Death
  • Tears from a Stone In Lucifer: Children and Monsters, Japanese goddess Izanami, who exists as an immobile statue within her realm, is seen to weep one tear after her plan to kill Lucifer costs the lives of two of her children.
  • Moral Event Horizon Sometimes all that stands between man and monster is a Single Tear... or even a full-out weep.
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