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Compassion vs Considering - What's the difference?

compassion | considering |

As nouns the difference between compassion and considering

is that compassion is deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it while considering is consideration.

As verbs the difference between compassion and considering

is that compassion is (obsolete) to pity while considering is .

As a preposition considering is

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compassion

English

Noun

  • 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)
    • 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, mercy

    Derived terms

    * compassionate * compassion fatigue

    Related terms

    * compatible

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To pity.
  • * 1607 , , IV. i. 124:
    • O heavens, can you hear a good man groan / And not relent, or not compassion him?

    External links

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    considering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • consideration
  • * William Shakespeare, Henry VIII
    • This respite shook / The bosom of my conscience, enter'd me, / Yea, with a splitting power, and made to tremble / The region of my breast; which forced such way, / That many mazed considerings did throng / And press'd in with this caution.

    Preposition

    Synonyms

    * in view of