Difference between Saddening and Sad

Saddening

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Causing sadness.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make sad or unhappy.

Sad

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.Steadfast, valiant.Trustworthy, serious, grave.Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.Appearing sorrowful.Causing sorrow; lamentable.Poor in quality, bad, shabby.Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.soggy (to refer to pastries).

Example sentence: Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.