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Healing vs Comforting - What's the difference?

healing | comforting |

As nouns the difference between healing and comforting

is that healing is the process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves while comforting is the act of giving comfort.

As verbs the difference between healing and comforting

is that healing is while comforting is .

As an adjective comforting is

giving comfort.

healing

English

Noun

(wikipedia healing)
  • The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
  • An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
  • The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.

    • Derived terms

    * healing art

    Related terms

    * heal

    Verb

    (head)

    • comforting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Giving comfort.
    • 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)
  • The act of giving comfort.
  • * 1836 , Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, The American in England (page 269)
    • 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