Difference between Nurturant and Compassionate

What is the difference between Nurturant and Compassionate?

Nurturant as an adjective is that nurtures while Compassionate as an adjective is having, feeling of showing compassion; sympathetic

Nurturant

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: That nurtures

Compassionate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having, feeling of showing compassion; sympatheticgiven 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: You can see neurosis from below - as a sickness - as most psychiatrists see it. Or you can understand it as a compassionate man might: respecting the neurosis as a fumbling and inefficient effort toward good ends.

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

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