Difference between Weeping and Sorrowful

What is the difference between Weeping and Sorrowful?

Weeping as a noun is action of the verb to weep. while Sorrowful as an adjective is of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed.

Weeping

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Action of the verb to weep.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cry; shed tears.

Example sentence: I'm interested in existential films: I love movies that console you in the same way that a person consoles a weeping child.

Sorrowful

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed.Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.

Example sentence: To me, the blues is an infection. I don't think it's necessarily a melancholy thing; the blues can be really positive and I think I think anyone and everyone can have a place for the blues. It need not always a woeful, sorrowful thing. It's more reflective; it reminds you to feel.

We hope you now know whether to use Weeping or Sorrowful in your sentence.

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