Compassion vs Solicitude - What's the difference?
compassion | solicitude |
Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it
* 1849 , Robert Leighton (Archbishop of Glasgow), A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of St. Peter (page 47)
(obsolete) To pity.
* 1607 , , IV. i. 124:
The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.
A feeling of excessive concern.
As nouns the difference between compassion and solicitude
is that compassion is deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it while solicitude is the state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.As a verb compassion
is to pity.compassion
English
Noun
- Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions , and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations.
Synonyms
* empathy, pity, ruth, tenderheartedness, sorrow * kindness, heart, mercyDerived terms
* compassionate * compassion fatigueVerb
(en verb)- O heavens, can you hear a good man groan / And not relent, or not compassion him?