Gain vs. Pain

Gainpreposition

(obsolete) Against.

Gainadjective

(obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.

Gainadjective

(obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.

Gainadjective

(dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.

Gainadjective

(dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.

Gainadverb

(obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.

Gainadverb

(dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.

Gainadverb

(dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.

Gainnoun

The act of gaining; acquisition.

Gainnoun

What is gained.

Gainnoun

(electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

Gainnoun

(architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

Gainverb

(transitive) To acquire possession of.

Gainverb

(intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.

Gainverb

To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.

Gainverb

(transitive) To increase.

Gainverb

(intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.

Gainverb

(transitive) To reach.

Gainverb

To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.

Gainverb

(intransitive) To put on weight.

Gainverb

(of a clock or watch) To run fast.

Gainnoun

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

Gainnoun

That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; - opposed to loss.

Gainnoun

The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.

Gainadjective

Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.

Gainverb

To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.

Gainverb

To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.

Gainverb

To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.

Gainverb

To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.

Gainverb

To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.

Gainverb

To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.

Gainnoun

a quantity that is added;

Gainnoun

the advantageous quality of being beneficial

Gainnoun

the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

Gainnoun

the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating

Gainverb

obtain;

Gainverb

win something through one's efforts;

Gainverb

derive a benefit from;

Gainverb

reach a destination, either real or abstract;

Gainverb

obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;

Gainverb

rise in rate or price;

Gainverb

increase in;

Gainverb

earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;

Gainverb

increase (one's body weight);

Gainverb

obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable)

Gainverb

benefit

Gainverb

win over to one's interest or views

Gainverb

reach or arrive at (a destination)

Gainverb

come closer to (a person or thing pursued)

Gainverb

increase the amount or rate of (something, typically weight or speed)

Gainverb

increase in value

Gainverb

improve or advance in (some respect)

Gainverb

(of a clock or watch) become fast by (a specific amount of time)

Gainnoun

an increase in wealth or resources

Gainnoun

a thing that is achieved or acquired

Gainnoun

the factor by which power or voltage is increased in an amplifier or other electronic device, usually expressed as a logarithm

Painnoun

An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.

Painnoun

(uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress

Painnoun

An annoying person or thing.

Painnoun

Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.

Painnoun

Labour; effort; pains.

Painnoun

Any of various breads stuffed with a filling.

Painverb

(transitive) To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.

Painverb

(transitive) To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.

Painverb

To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

Painnoun

Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

Painnoun

Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart.

Painnoun

Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth.

Painnoun

Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish. Also called mental pain.

Painnoun

See Pains, labor, effort.

Painverb

To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

Painverb

To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him.

Painverb

To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as, a child's faults pain his parents.

Painnoun

a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder;

Painnoun

emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid;

Painnoun

a somatic sensation of acute discomfort;

Painnoun

a bothersome annoying person;

Painnoun

something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness;

Painverb

cause bodily suffering to

Painverb

cause emotional anguish or make miserable;

Painnoun

highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury

Painnoun

mental suffering or distress

Painnoun

an annoying or tedious person or thing

Painnoun

great care or trouble

Painverb

cause mental or physical pain to

Painverb

(of a part of the body) hurt

Pain

Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as In medical diagnosis, pain is regarded as a symptom of an underlying condition.