Pain - Ache - Sore |
UPDATED: JUN 2022
Learning how to use these three words correctly is difficult.
Let's take a look at each one and learn how to use them correctly.
But first, go to the verb "to hurt" then return here.
Let's take a look at each one and learn how to use them correctly.
But first, go to the verb "to hurt" then return here.
ACHE
EXAMPLES:
- After working all day at the trade fair, my feet ache.
- Does your backache after loading trucks all day?
- You had better see the Doctor about that ache you have in your shoulder.
- I have a headache. Do you have any aspirin?
PAIN
Usually used with the verb "to have or to feel"
- It is stronger than "ache".
- It can come and go
- You have pain.
- Idiom: Bill is a pain in the neck.
EXAMPLES
SORE
- To describe pain in muscles.
- Sore when you move muscles.
- Used with the verb "to have" when use as a Noun.
EXAMPLES
- My legs are sore from my workout at the gym.
- I have a sore throat.
- Idiom: Don't get sore at me because you lost money in Las Vegas!