Gentle vs Tolerant - What's the difference?
gentle | tolerant | Synonyms |
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
tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
tending to withstand or survive
As adjectives the difference between gentle and tolerant
is that gentle is tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition while tolerant is tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.As a verb gentle
is to become gentle.As a noun gentle
is a person of high birth.gentle
English
Adjective
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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
Synonyms
* (polite) friendly, kind, polite, respectfulAntonyms
* (polite) rudeDerived terms
* gentle craft * gentleness * gentleman * gentlewoman * gentlytolerant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
- These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.