Gentle vs Benevolent - What's the difference?
gentle | benevolent |
Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
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Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
Polite and respectful rather than rude.
(archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
* Johnson's Cyc.
* Milton
Having a disposition to do good.
Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.
generous.
As adjectives the difference between gentle and benevolent
is that gentle is tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition while benevolent is having a disposition to do good.As a verb gentle
is to become gentle.As a noun gentle
is (archaic) a person of high birth.gentle
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.}}
- a gentle horse
- British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle , or simple.
- the studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time
Synonyms
* (polite) friendly, kind, polite, respectfulAntonyms
* (polite) rudeDerived terms
* gentle craft * gentleness * gentleman * gentlewoman * gentlybenevolent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent .