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Tenderness vs Liberality - What's the difference?

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Tenderness is a related term of liberality.


As nouns the difference between tenderness and liberality

is that tenderness is a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings while liberality is the property of being liberal; generosity; charity.

tenderness

English

Noun

(es)
  • a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
    • When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness .
  • concern for the feelings or welfare of others
    • When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.
  • pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched
    • He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.

    liberality

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The property of being liberal; generosity; charity.
    • That liberality is but cast away / Which makes us borrow what we can not pay. — Denham.
  • A gift; a gratuity.
    • A prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities .