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Message de no04 posté le 05-01-2008 à 09:49:45 (S | E | F)
Hello everybody,
first I wish you a happy new year 2008.
Could you answer my question about the difference between "ache" and "pain" to translate the French word "douleur" ?
I've been searching in the forum but I haven't found anything about this topic.
Message de no04 posté le 05-01-2008 à 09:49:45 (S | E | F)
Hello everybody,
first I wish you a happy new year 2008.
Could you answer my question about the difference between "ache" and "pain" to translate the French word "douleur" ?
I've been searching in the forum but I haven't found anything about this topic.
Réponse: Medical words..... de tomtom1001, postée le 05-01-2008 à 11:51:31 (S | E)
hello,
I made some researches and I think "ache" and "pain" mean the same thing: the "physical hurt"!!
But "pain" means also the "mental distress" such as affliction, depression... whereas "ache" doesn't.
But "ache" could be used in some expressions while "pain" couldn't:
"I have a headache"= j'ai mal à la tête.
"I have a stomach ache"= j'ai mal au ventre.
Bye... and happy new year!!!
tomtom
Réponse: Medical words..... de chrislondon, postée le 05-01-2008 à 18:10:14 (S | E)
'Ache' is a more continuous pain. It is used for 'toothache', 'headache' and 'stomach-ache' for this reason. If you said that you had a pain in your leg it would probably be sudden, whereas if you said that your leg was aching it would be the result of too much exercise, for example.
Réponse: Medical words..... de no04, postée le 06-01-2008 à 14:09:29 (S | E)
Thanks for your answers, knowing the difference will be easy when I'll nurse the sick people.
See you soon!!!!!!!
Réponse: Medical words..... de tiamo, postée le 07-01-2008 à 01:56:56 (S | E)
Well it's a shame that you didn't tell Billy that ache couldn't be used for emotional trauma before he decided to bring out his terrible one hit wonder "achy breaky heart"
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John.
Réponse: Medical words..... de alexio, postée le 07-01-2008 à 15:16:59 (S | E)
lmao,yeh. I agree ache tends to be a longer lasting "pain" it is simply another form of a pain.
Pain is the category, ache is more of a certain type.
ache is something internal, and very hard to define as such in medical terms.
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Réponse: Medical words..... de hpesoj, postée le 23-01-2008 à 15:21:28 (S | E)
As John said, "to ache" can mean emotional pain:
My heart is aching for you
Also, you if you really want to do something you can use "ache":
I am aching to try out my new car
Also, "to ache" is a verb (a synonym of "to hurt", although hurting can also mean the action of hurting someone):
My head is aching
My fingers ache
I am aching all over (my whole body is aching)
The equivalent using "pain" would be:
My head is painful
My fingers are painful
However, you can't say:
Instead, you can say that a person is "in pain":
She was screaming in pain
I can't move I'm in so much pain!
You can also use "pain" in an abstract way to indicate that something is really unbearable:
That film was painful to watch it was so bad
This essay is painful
Note also that "paining" is also a verb, but it usually doesn't have anything to do with physical pain, rather it indicates that something is has a negative emotional effect. Usually it is only ever used in the following construction:
It pains me to tell you this, but... (your dog is dead)
It pains me to do this, but... (you're fired!)
Your comments pained me
I possibly got a bit sidetracked with other meanings for these two words, so sorry if the above is a bit off topic, I hope someone finds it useful
.Joe
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Modifié par hpesoj le 23-01-2008 15:36
