different between withstand vs suffer

English

Etymology

From Middle English withstanden, from Old English wiþstandan, equivalent to with- (“against”) +? stand. Compare Dutch weerstaan (“to withstand, repel”), German widerstehen (“to withstand, resist, defy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?ð?stænd/, /w???stænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd
• Hyphenation: with?stand

Verb

withstand (third-person singular simple present withstands, present participle withstanding, simple past and past participle withstood)

1. (transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully.
2. To oppose (something) forcefully.

Derived terms

• withstander

Related terms

• notwithstanding
• withstanding

Translations

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?