different between suffer vs consent

English

Etymology

From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin suffer? (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + fer? (“I carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native teen.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?f?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?f?/
• Rhymes: -?f?(?)
• Hyphenation: suf?fer

Verb

suffer (third-person singular simple present suffers, present participle suffering, simple past and past participle suffered)

1. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.

   Synonym: bear

2. (intransitive) To feel pain.

   Synonyms: agonize, anguish, thole; see also Thesaurus:suffer

3. (intransitive) To become worse.

   Synonyms: deteriorate, worsen; see also Thesaurus:worsen
4. (transitive) To endure, undergo.

   Synonyms: bear, dree, thole; see also Thesaurus:tolerate
5. (transitive, archaic) To allow.

   Synonym: permit

   • 1938, The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 203:

     "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.

   • 1978, Section 31-36 of the Code of Montgomery County, Maryland:

     […] it shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle to be parked […] beyond the period of time established by the duration of the parking meter […]

Derived terms

Related terms

• sublate
• sublation

Translations

Anagrams

• ruffes, suffre

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?f?r

Etymology 1

Adjective

suffer

1. Comparative form of suf

Etymology 2

Noun

suffer m (plural suffers)

1. Alternative form of sufferd

Latin

Verb

suffer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of suffer?

English

Etymology

Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin c?nsent?re, present active infinitive of c?nsenti? (“to feel together”), itself from com- (“with”) + senti? (“to feel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Hyphenation: con?sent

Verb

consent (third-person singular simple present consents, present participle consenting, simple past and past participle consented) (intransitive)

1. To express willingness, to give permission.
2. (medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
3. (obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
4. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.

   • And Saul was consenting unto his death.

   • Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in judgment.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• (intransitive): acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, concur, yes

Antonyms

• (intransitive): disagree, object, oppose

Related terms

Translations

Noun

consent (countable and uncountable, plural consents)

1. Voluntary agreement or permission.
2. (obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.

   • And they all with one consent began to make excuse.

3. (obsolete) Advice; counsel.

Synonyms

• (voluntary agreement): agreement, approval, assent, consensualness, permission, willingness, yes

Antonyms

• (voluntary agreement): dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusal

Derived terms

• consenter
• consentaneous
• age of consent

Translations

Further reading

• consent at OneLook Dictionary Search
• consent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• nocents

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s??/

Verb

consent

1. third-person singular present indicative of consentir