Comforting vs Calm - What's the difference?
comforting | calm |
Giving comfort.
The act of giving comfort.
* 1836 , Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, The American in England (page 269)
(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
(of water) with little waves on the surface.
Without wind or storm.
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
A period of time without wind.
* Bible, Mark iv. 39
To make calm.
* Dryden
To become calm.
As adjectives the difference between comforting and calm
is that comforting is giving comfort while calm is (of a person) peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.As verbs the difference between comforting and calm
is that comforting is while calm is to make calm.As nouns the difference between comforting and calm
is that comforting is the act of giving comfort while calm is (in a person) the state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.comforting
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Your comforting words help ease my mind.
- It's comforting to know that I've always got my Mum when things go wrong.
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea
calm
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* (free from anger and anxiety) stressed, nervous, anxious * (free of noise and disturbance) disturbed * (without wind or storm) windy, stormyDerived terms
* calm as a millpond * ice-calmNoun
(en noun)- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm .
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ice-calmVerb
(en verb)- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus