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Tolerance vs Benevolence - What's the difference?

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Tolerance is a related term of benevolence.


As nouns the difference between tolerance and benevolence

is that tolerance is tolerance while benevolence is benevolence.

tolerance

Noun

  • (uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.
  • (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
  • (uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.
  • (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.
  • (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.
  • Antonyms

    * intolerance

    Anagrams

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    benevolence

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) disposition to do good
  • (uncountable) charitable kindness
  • (countable) an altruistic gift or act
  • Derived terms

    * benevolent

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