Suffers from -> tends to?

Does "suffer from" have the meaning of "tend to"?

I looked up the Collins dictionary, and found that "suffer from" can mean "given to", which means "tend to".

E.g. A chemical element suffers from being a solid~ precursor. In the above sentence, Does "suffers from" mean "tend to"?

Thanks in advance.

Solution 1:

They are not quite the same:

Tends to

This just indicates that there is a tendency for something to happen.
The shop tends to close early on a Saturday

Suffers from

This implies that not only is there a tendency, but that there is a negative impact.
Dave suffers from migraines