hurt vs suffering

hurt

adj
  • Pained. 

  • Wounded, physically injured. 

noun
  • A roundel azure (blue circular spot). 

  • A band on a trip hammer's helve, bearing the trunnions. 

  • A husk. 

  • An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience. 

verb
  • To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury. 

  • To be painful. 

  • To cause (somebody) emotional pain. 

  • To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede. 

suffering

adj
  • Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering. 

noun
  • The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress. 

How often have the words hurt and suffering occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )