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Comforting vs Kindness - What's the difference?

comforting | kindness |

As nouns the difference between comforting and kindness

is that comforting is the act of giving comfort while kindness is the state of being kind.

As an adjective comforting

is giving comfort.

As a verb comforting

is .

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

    kindness

    English

    Noun

  • The state of being kind.
  • An instance of kind or charitable behaviour.