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Sentimental vs Loving - What's the difference?

sentimental | loving |

As adjectives the difference between sentimental and loving

is that sentimental is characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion while loving is expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.

As a noun loving is

the action of the verb to love.

As a verb loving is

present participle of lang=en.

As a proper noun Loving is

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sentimental

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion
  • derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment
  • romantic

    • Derived terms

    * sentimentalism * sentimentality * sentimentally

    Quotations

    * 1885 : , *: Are you in sentimental mood? *: I'll sigh with you. * 1944 : , *: Gonna take a Sentimental Journey, *: Gonna set my heart at ease. *: Gonna make a Sentimental Journey, *: to renew old memories.

    Anagrams

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    loving

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The action of the verb to love .

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.
    • his loving wife

    Synonyms

    * adoring * affectionate * See also

    Verb

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