Compassion vs Womanfully - What's the difference?
compassion | womanfully |
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:
In a womanly, or womanful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a woman, such as warmth, and compassion, as well as courage and determination.
* From The Bertrams by , p.264
As a noun compassion
is deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.As a verb compassion
is (obsolete) to pity.As an adverb womanfully is
in a womanly, or womanful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a woman, such as warmth, and compassion, as well as courage and determination.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
* * ----womanfully
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- She manfully struggled on, however - womanfully would perhaps be a stronger and more appropriate word. She had to calculate not only how to play her own hand correctly, but she had to calculate on her partner's probable errors.