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Respectful vs Caring - What's the difference?

respectful | caring |

As adjectives the difference between respectful and caring

is that respectful is marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment while caring is (of a person) kind, sensitive, empathetic.

As a verb caring is

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As a noun caring is

the act of one who cares.

respectful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment.

    • Antonyms

    * disrespectful

    Related terms

    * respectfully * respectfulness

    caring

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person) Kind, sensitive, empathetic.
    • She's a very caring person; she always has a kind word for everyone.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Related terms

    * caring profession

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who cares.
  • * 1988 , Thomas Stephen Szasz, The Myth of Psychotherapy (page 183)
    • As I showed, although some rhetoricians, such as Mesmer and Erb, claimed that their interventions were medical treatments, others, such as Freud and Jung, claimed that their interventions were both medical curings and spiritual carings .

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