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Charity vs Handout - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between charity and handout

is that charity is   Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men while handout is a worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use.

As a proper noun Charity

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charity

English

Noun

  • (archaic)  Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
  • In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
    • Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity . — John Mitchell Mason
  • (uncountable)  Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
  • (countable)  The goods or money given to those in need.
  • (countable)  An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.

    • Synonyms

    * (organization) charitable organization

    handout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use.
  • (senseid)A gift to the poor or needy.
    • It's a place to get a hand up, not a handout .
  • A gift, something given without effort
  • * November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
    • They had contributed heavily to their own downfall, most glaringly with the senselessness of Chris Smalling’s red card, and they should know by now that Manuel Pellegrini’s team are not the kind of opponents to pass up these kind of handouts .