Forbearing vs Gentle - What's the difference?
forbearing | gentle | Related terms |
Characterized by patience and indulgence; long-suffering: as, a forbearing temper.
Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
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Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
Polite and respectful rather than rude.
(archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
* Johnson's Cyc.
* Milton
Forbearing is a related term of gentle.
As adjectives the difference between forbearing and gentle
is that forbearing is characterized by patience and indulgence; long-suffering: as, a forbearing temper while gentle is tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.As verbs the difference between forbearing and gentle
is that forbearing is while gentle is to become gentle.As a noun gentle is
(archaic) a person of high birth.forbearing
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- a gentle horse
- British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle , or simple.
- the studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time