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Forgiving vs Yielding - What's the difference?

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Forgiving is a related term of yielding.


As adjectives the difference between forgiving and yielding

is that forgiving is inclined to forgive while yielding is docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

As verbs the difference between forgiving and yielding

is that forgiving is while yielding is .

As nouns the difference between forgiving and yielding

is that forgiving is an act of forgiveness while yielding is a concession.

forgiving

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Inclined to forgive.
    • I am not very forgiving .

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of forgiveness.
  • * 1996 , Bernard P. Dauenhauer, Citizenship in a Fragile World (page 58)
    • And I receive your forgiveness only from you. A group's promises and forgivings are nothing more than the sum of its individual members' promises and forgivings.

    yielding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A concession.

    • Derived terms

    * overyielding