What type of noun is pain?

Answer 1

The noun 'pain' is:

• a singular noun, a word for one unpleasant physical sensation or one instance of emotional distress; the plural noun is 'pains';
• a common noun, a general word for any pain of any kind;
• a concrete noun as a word for a physical sensation;
• an abstract noun as a word for emotional distress;
• a word for a thing.

Note: The plural noun 'pains' is also a common, uncountable, abstract noun as a word for great care or effort; a word for a thing.

The word 'pain' is also a verb: pain, pains, paining, pained.