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Comforting vs Heartening - What's the difference?

comforting | heartening |

As adjectives the difference between comforting and heartening

is that comforting is giving comfort while heartening is cheerfully encouraging.

As verbs the difference between comforting and heartening

is that comforting is while heartening is .

As a noun comforting

is the act of giving comfort.

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

    heartening

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • cheerfully encouraging

    • Antonyms

    * disheartening