suffer or suffer from
Is there any difference between suffer and suffer from?
In some sentence, "suffer" is used. In other sentence, "suffer from" is used.
It seems to me that two words convey almost same meaning. Then is there any difference in usage of these words? It makes me confused.
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He "suffers from" So you can say "he suffers from pain" -- there always has to be after the "from".
But with "suffers", you can say "When it is hot, he suffers"
So "suffers from" introduces the that is the object of the sentence.
Suffers by itself is more for describing either the extent of the suffering, or adding information that the reader/listener always know about.
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You suffer from an ailment - he suffers from headaches, suffers from arthritis etc. You can't say he suffers headaches, or suffers arthritis. You can say he suffers a lot in the heat, or he suffers a great deal of pain. Because of his arthritis, he suffers badly when winter comes. Does that help you to understand?
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