Pensive vs Contemplation - What's the difference?
pensive | contemplation |
Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 4.
The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.
Holy meditation.
The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing.
As an adjective pensive
is having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.As a noun contemplation is
the act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.pensive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce