"아픔"

Translation: Pain

[Shlomo_]

What's the difference between 고통 and 아픔?

[avanade]

Both mean the same. One can be written in Chinese letters whereas the other only exist in the Korean language.

More and more young generations prefer to use Korean words that only exist in the Korean language so for young generations, 아픔 is more frequently used.

고통: formal, more to do with written Korean, more likely used by adults, Japanese or Chinese can learn easily since they already have similar word in their own language which can be written in Chinese letters
아픔: informal, more to do with spoken Korean, more likely used by young, Even the northeast Asians need to learn from the scratch

[jenuin999]

'고통' is a Sino-Korean word and it means 'pain and suffering'. '아픔' is Pure Korean word means 'pain'.

[wintertriangles]

Chinese and Korean respectively

[nleconte]

And, as is sometimes the case, I'd say more and less formal, respectively.

[Pamela909830]

Thank you!

[JonathanMi834747]

I think 고통 is like suffering. 아픔 is like pain

[MiKomprenasVin]

I'm guessing it's closer to suffering/agony than pain.

[Hansol593264]

Hi guys if you take the 다
for example
예쁘다 and add
ㅁ or 음
ir becomes the...ness
예쁨 the prettieness .