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Caring vs Affective - What's the difference?

caring | affective |

As adjectives the difference between caring and affective

is that caring is (of a person) kind, sensitive, empathetic while affective is relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.

As a verb caring

is .

As a noun caring

is the act of one who cares.

caring

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a person) Kind, sensitive, empathetic.
  • She's a very caring person; she always has a kind word for everyone.

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who cares.
  • * 1988 , Thomas Stephen Szasz, The Myth of Psychotherapy (page 183)
  • As I showed, although some rhetoricians, such as Mesmer and Erb, claimed that their interventions were medical treatments, others, such as Freud and Jung, claimed that their interventions were both medical curings and spiritual carings .

    Anagrams

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    affective

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
  • Emotional; emotionally charged.
  • Derived terms

    * seasonal affective disorder * schizoaffective

    See also

    * effective * cognitive * motor ----