aching/pain

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PinkLady
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aching/pain

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Consider these lines:




"If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain
...
I shall not live in vain"



Does 'aching' mean the same as 'pain'? (Or is it softer than pain?)



And does 'ease' mean the same as 'cool'?




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Josef Essberger
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Re: aching/pain

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aching can be the same as pain

In this context ease means relieve or make better
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