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Humanitarian vs Unselfish - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between humanitarian and unselfish

is that humanitarian is concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; humane or compassionate while unselfish is not selfish; selfless; generous; altruistic.

As a noun humanitarian

is a person with such concerns; a philanthropist or do-gooder.

humanitarian

English

(wikipedia humanitarian)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; humane or compassionate.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person with such concerns; a philanthropist or do-gooder.

    • Derived terms

    * humanitarianism

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    unselfish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not selfish; selfless; generous; altruistic.
    • The man was in an unselfish mood that day, so decided to give a £20 note to the next charity he came across.

    Synonyms

    * altruistic * generous * selfless

    Antonyms

    * selfish