Pacific vs Gentle - What's the difference?
pacific | gentle | Related terms |
Calm, peaceful.
Preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence; not bellicose.
Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
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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
Pacific is a related term of gentle.
As adjectives the difference between pacific and gentle
is that pacific is related to the pacific ocean while gentle is tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.As a proper noun pacific
is the pacific ocean.As a verb gentle is
to become gentle.As a noun gentle is
(archaic) a person of high birth.pacific
English
Alternative forms
* pacifick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* Pacific OceanSynonyms
* (calm) See also * (avoiding violence) nonviolentAntonyms
* bellicose, militant, violentgentle
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