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Emotional vs Touching - What's the difference?

emotional | touching | Synonyms |

Touching is a synonym of emotional.



As adjectives the difference between emotional and touching

is that emotional is of or relating to the emotions while touching is provoking sadness and pity.

As a verb touching is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun touching is

the act by which something is touched.

emotional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the emotions.
    • emotional crisis
  • Characterised by emotion.
  • Determined by emotion rather than reason.
    • emotional decision
  • Appealing to or arousing emotion.
    • emotional speech
  • Easily affected by emotion.
    • She’s an emotional person.
  • Readily displaying emotion.
    • emotional greeting

    Synonyms

    * demonstrative * effusive * sentimental * temperamental

    Derived terms

    * emotional cripple * emotionalise (also emotionalize) * emotionalism * emotionally * * *

    touching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Provoking sadness and pity.
    • a touching story

    Synonyms

    * emotional, moving, sad

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is touched.
  • * 2011 , Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
    • But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings , and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.

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