Compassion vs Verve - What's the difference?
compassion | verve | Related terms |
Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it
* 1849 , Robert Leighton (Archbishop of Glasgow), A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of St. Peter (page 47)
(obsolete) To pity.
* 1607 , , IV. i. 124:
Excitement of imagination such as that which animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing
artistic energy and enthusiasm
vigour, vitality and liveliness
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rapture, enthusiasm
spirit, energy
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Compassion is a related term of verve.
As nouns the difference between compassion and verve
is that compassion is deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it while verve is .As a verb compassion
is (obsolete) to pity.compassion
English
Noun
- Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions , and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations.
Synonyms
* empathy, pity, ruth, tenderheartedness, sorrow * kindness, heart, mercyDerived terms
* compassionate * compassion fatigueVerb
(en verb)- O heavens, can you hear a good man groan / And not relent, or not compassion him?
External links
* * ----verve
English
Noun
(-)citation, page= , passage=After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage}}