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Lenient vs Empathetic - What's the difference?

lenient | empathetic |

As adjectives the difference between lenient and empathetic

is that lenient is lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict while empathetic is showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings etc; empathic.

As a noun lenient

is (medicine) a lenitive; an emollient.

lenient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict.
    • The standard is fairly lenient , so use your discretion.
  • * 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
    • But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master; I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out. It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character; to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad.

    Synonyms

    * lax, permissive

    Antonyms

    * strict * severe * stringent

    Related terms

    * lenience * leniency * lenity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A lenitive; an emollient.

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    empathetic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings etc; empathic