Affectionate vs Affection - What's the difference?
affectionate | affection |
(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
*, Folio Society, 2006, p.21:
* 1721 , John Rushworth, Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, etc.: 1618—1629 , Volume 1,
* 1838 February 1, (Charles Dickens), To Catherine Dickens'', 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), ''The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens ,
The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc., are affections of bodies.
Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-23, author=(Mark Cocker)
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, title= A feeling of love or strong attachment.
* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Chapter 61
(medicine, archaic) Disease; morbid symptom; malady.
* Dunglison
to feel an , emotion or love for.
Affection is a derived term of affectionate.
Affection is a related term of affectionate.
As verbs the difference between affectionate and affection
is that affectionate is to show affection to; to have affection for while affection is to feel an affection, emotion or love for.As an adjective affectionate
is having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.As a noun affection is
the act of affecting or acting upon.affectionate
English
Etymology 1
Partly from (etyl) affectionatus, partly from affection + .Adjective
(en adjective)- She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
- the affectionate''' care of a parent; an '''affectionate''' countenance; an '''affectionate''' message; ' affectionate language
- Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.
Synonyms
* tender; lovesome; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent. * See alsoDerived terms
* affectionatelyEtymology 2
Either from the adjective, or from affection + (modelled on Middle French affectionner).Verb
(affectionat)- Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that.
page 222,
- And fir?t, his Maje?ty would have you to under?tand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated to the right u?e of Parliaments, than his Maje?ty hath approved him?elf to be,.
page 41,
- Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband
- CHARLES DICKENS
affection
English
(wikipedia affection)Noun
(en noun)Wings of Desire, passage=Our affections for wild animals are distributed very unevenly. Take insects. Some 750,000 species have already been documented worldwide and the great American naturalist EO Wilson called them "the little things that run the world". Through their recycling of nutrients and the supply of base-level protein to a vast array of higher life forms, insects underpin the existence of life on this planet. Yet when it comes to human concern for creepy-crawlies, forget it.}}
- Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.
- a pulmonary affection