Compassion vs Condolences - What's the difference?
compassion | condolences |
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:
(plural only) comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died
As nouns the difference between compassion and condolences
is that compassion is deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it while condolences is .As a verb compassion
is (obsolete) to pity.As an interjection condolences is
.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
* * ----condolences
English
Noun
(head)- I sent her a card expressing my condolences after her mother passed away.
