Compassionate vs Loyal - What's the difference?
compassionate | loyal |
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:
Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something.
Firm in allegiance to a person or institution.
Faithful to a person or cause.
As an adjective compassionate
is having, feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic.As a verb compassionate
is (archaic) to feel compassion for; to pity, feel sorry for.As a proper noun loyal is
a town in oklahoma.compassionate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate .
- compassionate leave
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* ruthfulVerb
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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 [...].