Compassion vs Assets - What's the difference?
compassion | assets |
Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it
* 1849 , Robert Leighton (Archbishop of Glasgow), A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of St. Peter (page 47)
(obsolete) To pity.
* 1607 , , IV. i. 124:
English plurals
(finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
(legal) Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
As nouns the difference between compassion and assets
is that compassion is deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it while assets is .As a verb compassion
is (obsolete) to pity.compassion
English
Noun
- Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions , and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations.
Synonyms
* empathy, pity, ruth, tenderheartedness, sorrow * kindness, heart, mercyDerived terms
* compassionate * compassion fatigueVerb
(en verb)- O heavens, can you hear a good man groan / And not relent, or not compassion him?
External links
* * ----assets
English
Noun
(head)- His assets are much greater than his liabilities.