Tenderness vs Affection - What's the difference?
tenderness | affection | Synonyms |
a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
concern for the feelings or welfare of others
pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched
The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc., are affections of bodies.
Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-23, author=(Mark Cocker)
, volume=189, issue=11, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A feeling of love or strong attachment.
* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Chapter 61
(medicine, archaic) Disease; morbid symptom; malady.
* Dunglison
to feel an , emotion or love for.
Affection is a synonym of tenderness.
As nouns the difference between tenderness and affection
is that tenderness is a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings while affection is the act of affecting or acting upon.As a verb affection is
to feel an affection, emotion or love for.tenderness
English
Noun
(es)- When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness .
- When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.
- He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.
affection
English
(wikipedia affection)Noun
(en noun)Wings of Desire, passage=Our affections for wild animals are distributed very unevenly. Take insects. Some 750,000 species have already been documented worldwide and the great American naturalist EO Wilson called them "the little things that run the world". Through their recycling of nutrients and the supply of base-level protein to a vast array of higher life forms, insects underpin the existence of life on this planet. Yet when it comes to human concern for creepy-crawlies, forget it.}}
- Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.
- a pulmonary affection