Tolerant vs Humane - What's the difference?
tolerant | humane |
tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
tending to withstand or survive
Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
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As adjectives the difference between tolerant and humane
is that tolerant is tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something while humane is having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.tolerant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
- These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.
- As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.
- many divine precepts to counterpoise our hearts, special antidotes both in scriptures and humane authors, which who so will observe, shall purchase much ease and quietness unto himself.