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Forbearance vs Longsuffering - What's the difference?

forbearance | longsuffering |

As nouns the difference between forbearance and longsuffering

is that forbearance is patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation while longsuffering is long, patient endurance of insult, abuse or mistreatment; longanimity.

As an adjective longsuffering is

alternative form of lang=en.

forbearance

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.
  • A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.

    • Related terms

    * forbear

    Synonyms

    * patience * restraint

    External links

    * (wikipedia "forbearance") * * *

    longsuffering

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • Long, patient endurance of insult, abuse or mistreatment; longanimity
  • * 1611 , King James Version, Galatians 5:22-23
    • But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering , gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.