The difference between Suffer and Thole

When used as verbs, suffer means to undergo hardship, whereas thole means to suffer.


Thole is also noun with the meaning: the ability to bear or endure something.

check bellow for the other definitions of Suffer and Thole

  1. Suffer as a verb (intransitive):

    To undergo hardship.

  2. Suffer as a verb (intransitive):

    To feel pain.

    Examples:

    "At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash."

  3. Suffer as a verb (intransitive):

    To become worse.

    Examples:

    "If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer."

  4. Suffer as a verb (transitive):

    To endure, undergo.

    Examples:

    "I've been suffering your insults for years."

    "We hope you never have to suffer the same pain."

  5. Suffer as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To allow.

  1. Thole as a verb (intransitive, dated):

    To suffer.

  2. Thole as a verb (transitive, now, Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland):

    To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.

  1. Thole as a noun (obsolete, rare, or, regional):

    The ability to bear or endure something; endurance, patience.

    Examples:

    "He’s got no thole for nonsense."

  1. Thole as a noun:

    A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.

  2. Thole as a noun:

    A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.

  1. Thole as a noun (architecture):

    A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.