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Brotherly vs Affectionate - What's the difference?

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Brotherly is a related term of affectionate.


As adjectives the difference between brotherly and affectionate

is that brotherly is of or characteristic of brothers while affectionate is (of a person) having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.

As an adverb brotherly

is in the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.

As a verb affectionate is

(rare) to show affection to; to have affection for.

brotherly

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or characteristic of brothers.
    • brotherly love

    Related terms

    * brother * brotherhood

    Adverb

    (head)
  • In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.
  • * 1907 , Jack London, The Iron Heel :
    • "What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly ?"

    Anagrams

    * brothelry

    affectionate

    English

    Etymology 1

    Partly from (etyl) affectionatus, partly from affection + .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
    • She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
  • Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
    • the affectionate''' care of a parent; an '''affectionate''' countenance; an '''affectionate''' message; ' affectionate language
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • 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 also
    Derived terms
    * affectionately
    Related terms
    * affect * affectation * affecter * affective * affection

    Etymology 2

    Either from the adjective, or from affection + (modelled on Middle French affectionner).

    Verb

    (affectionat)
  • (rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
  • (obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, p.21:
    • Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that.
  • * 1721 , John Rushworth, Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, etc.: 1618—1629 , Volume 1, 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,.
  • * 1838 February 1, (Charles Dickens), To Catherine Dickens'', 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), ''The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens , page 41,
    • Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband
    CHARLES DICKENS
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