Giving vs Compassionate - What's the difference?
giving | compassionate |
having the tendency to give; generous
The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
A gift; a benefaction.
The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
* Addison
Having, feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic.
* South
Of a leave, given to someone because of a domestic emergency.
(obsolete) Inviting pity; pitiable.
(archaic) To feel compassion for; to pity, feel sorry for.
* {{quote-book, year=1903, author=William Godwin, title=Caleb Williams, chapter=, edition=
, passage=And yet I could not help bitterly compassionating the honest fellow, brought to the gallows, as he was, strictly speaking, by the machinations of that devil incarnate, Mr. Tyrrel. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1895, author=J. Sheridan Le Fanu, title=The Evil Guest, chapter=, edition=
, passage=The good Mrs. Mervyn accompanied these words with looks so sly, and emphasis so significant, that Rhoda was fain to look down, to hide her blushes; and compassionating the confusion she herself had caused, the kind old lady led her to the chamber which was henceforward, so long as she consented to remain, to be her own apartment. }}
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 50:
As verbs the difference between giving and compassionate
is that giving is while compassionate is (archaic) to feel compassion for; to pity, feel sorry for.As adjectives the difference between giving and compassionate
is that giving is having the tendency to give; generous while compassionate is having, feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic.As a noun giving
is the act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.giving
English
(wikipedia giving)Verb
(head)- ''These bright surfaces are sprayed with a fine spray of ink, thus giving them an even surface.' - First Usenet use via Google Groups, fa.human-nets, 6 May 1981 0359-EDT, Gary Feldman at CMU-10A
Adjective
(en adjective)- To become like Christ involves everything else: becoming a loving and giving person, having confidence enabling you to be vulnerable (psychologically and physically; Jesus did both), having the wisdom to see people's needs and the desire to meet them. - net.flame - 26 Mar 1984 by Jeff Sargent
Noun
(en noun)- (Alexander Pope)
- Upon the first giving of the weather.
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Adjective
(en adjective)- There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate .
- compassionate leave
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* ruthfulVerb
(compassionat)citation
citation
- The justice which Mr Allworthy had executed on Partridge at first met with universal approbation; but no sooner had he felt its consequences, than his neighbours began to relent, and to compassionate his case [...].