Is "pain" a noun or a verb?

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For example, which of the following sentences is correct:

My eyes are paining.

There is a pain in my eyes.

If you are looking for a verb, you might wish to use "hurt" instead. "My eyes are hurting." — RegDwigнt, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:02

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Sentence 2 is correct: "there is a pain in my eyes".

Pain can be a noun or verb, for example:

The pain is terrible = noun

It pains me to see you this way = verb

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answered Sep 24, 2010 at 9:41

Antony Quinn

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If the pain is both Noun an Verb both the sentence should be correct?
– Amitabh
Sep 24, 2010 at 10:02
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Yup, Pain is a transitive verb.
– Vaibhav Garg
Sep 24, 2010 at 11:15
It is paining me to see you like this ;)
– mplungjan
Jun 29, 2011 at 9:40
@Amitabh The intransitive use of "to pain" - "My eyes are paining" - is not used in current English.
– Greybeard
Apr 15, 2020 at 15:10

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