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Humane vs Warmhearted - What's the difference?

humane | warmhearted | Synonyms |

Humane is a synonym of warmhearted.


As adjectives the difference between humane and warmhearted

is that humane is having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate while warmhearted is .

humane

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
    • It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.
    As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.
  • Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
  • *, II.3.7:
    • many divine precepts to counterpoise our hearts, special antidotes both in scriptures and humane authors, which who so will observe, shall purchase much ease and quietness unto himself.

    • Antonyms

    * inhuman, inhumane

    Derived terms

    * humanely

    Related terms

    * human * humanist * humanitarian * humanity

    References

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    warmhearted

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • * {{quote-news, 1988, February 19, Lawrence Bommer, The Radio Play, Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=This new play by Gunnar Branson and Marc Silvia has a lot going for it--a warmhearted and detailed script about a 1940 radio broadcast (much like The 1940's Radio Hour), a sharp and energetic ten-member cast, and the right screwball pacing to make it work. }}