Shouldering vs Charity - What's the difference?
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The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder.
* (Elisha Kent Kane), Arctic Explorations
* 2005 , Jeff Mann, Loving Mountains, Loving Men
(archaic) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
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, chapter=6 (countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
(countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
As a verb shouldering
is .As a noun shouldering
is the act of pushing or barging with the shoulder.As a proper noun charity is
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(en noun)- Our whole force was mustered and kept constantly on the alert; but, though there may have been something of discourtesy in the occasional shoulderings and hustlings that enforced the police of the ship, things went on good-humouredly.
- at the Jefferson Memorial or the Statue of Liberty, amid the noisy presence and restless shoulderings of other tourists.
charity
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- Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity . — John Mitchell Mason
citation, passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}