Difference between Compassionate and Pitying

What is the difference between Compassionate and Pitying?

Compassionate as a verb is to feel compassion for; to pity, feel sorry for. while Pitying as a verb is to feel pity for (someone or something).

Compassionate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having, feeling of showing compassion; sympathetic given to someone because of a domestic emergency, especially in the phrase compassionate leave

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To feel compassion for; to pity, feel sorry for.

Example sentence: One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.

Pitying

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To feel pity for (someone or something).

We hope you now know whether to use Compassionate or Pitying in your sentence.

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