Suffering vs Compassion - What's the difference?
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Experiencing pain.(jump)
The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
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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:
As nouns the difference between suffering and compassion
is that suffering is the condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress while compassion is deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.As verbs the difference between suffering and compassion
is that suffering is (suffer) while compassion is (obsolete) to pity.As a adjective suffering
is experiencing pain(jump).suffering
English
Adjective
(head)Synonyms
* (jump) in painNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She claimed the microwave was accidentally turned on by one of the cats after the kitten got inside. But Knutton said the kitten was too small to even get onto the work surface.}}
Verb
(head)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?