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compassion

Agape vs Compassion - What's the difference?

agape | compassion |


As nouns the difference between agape and compassion

is that agape is (label) while compassion is deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.

As a verb compassion is

(obsolete) to pity.

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