Difference between Sorrowful and Painful

SORROWFUL vs PAINFUL: ADJECTIVE

Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
Causing sorrow.
Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed.
Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow. : sad.

Causing physical or psychological pain
Causing misery or pain or distress
Causing physical discomfort
Exceptionally bad or displeasing
Full of or giving pain.
Causing mental anguish or suffering.
Distressing or embarrassing.
Requiring care and labor; difficult or irksome.
Marked by or requiring great care and diligence.
Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort.
Painstaking; careful; industrious.

They can be very painful"
Synonyms and Racking, agonizing, tormenting, torturing, excruciating, arduous, severe, grievous, trying, afflictive.
Painstaking; industrious; busy; careful; laborious; hard-working.
That requires or necessitates labor, exertion, care, or attention; troublesome; difficult; toilsome.
That gives or is characterized by pain; of a nature to pain, render uneasy, or inflict suffering, whether bodily or mental; distressing: as, a painful operation in surgery; a painful effort; a painful subject.

Mourning, Heartbroken, Weeping, Tearful, Brokenhearted, Dolorous, Grieving, Anguished, Plaintive, Sorrowing, Sad, Elegiac, Heartbreaking, Heartrending, Mournful

Irritating, Awful, Agonized, Dreadful, Poignant, Uncomfortable, Bitter, Terrible, Harrowing, Agonizing, Unpleasant, Torturous, Traumatic, Wrenching, Excruciating

Mourning, Heartbroken, Weeping, Tearful, Brokenhearted, Dolorous, Grieving, Anguished, Plaintive, Sorrowing, Sad, Elegiac, Heartbreaking, Heartrending, Mournful

Irritating, Awful, Agonized, Dreadful, Poignant, Uncomfortable, Bitter, Terrible, Harrowing, Agonizing, Unpleasant, Torturous, Traumatic, Wrenching, Excruciating

It was so sorrowful that my eyes teared up.
John the Divine are not so sorrowful as yesterday.
When he spoke his voice was resigned and sorrowful.
Patrons modulate dollar from sorrowful walk of American drugs.
He would always look like a sorrowful white boy.
It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.
To this sorrowful appeal Moses answers with encouragement.
Francis Hospital, Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, Rev.
It is sorrowful only for those left behind.
Parting is sorrowful but to choose the other over God is more sorrowful and has eternal consequences.

This may be painful, but is nonetheless beneficial.
Arthritis of the hand can be very painful.
This buildup of fluid can be very painful.
Sanctions are more painful when they cause more damage than expected, or when a period of growing prosperity gives way to a painful decline.
Produce Abscesses produce painful swelling at the anus as well as painful defecation.
If patient is bearing weight there is a painful limp to be observed as walking is painful.
When hands are swollen and painful from arthritis, cold packs can numb the painful joints and reduce swelling.
Maria, are the suffering in Purgatory more painful than the most painful sufferings on earth?
The symptoms of endometriosis include painful menstrual cramps, painful intercourse, diarrhea, constipation, and nausea.
This condition can cause painful bleeding, cramps and painful intercourse.