different between compassion vs gusto

English

Etymology

From Middle English compassioun, compassion, from Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio (“sympathy”), from Latin compati, past participle compassus (“to suffer together with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /k?m?pæ?.?n/
• Rhymes: -æ??n

Noun

compassion (usually uncountable, plural compassions)

1. 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)

     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

• (deep awareness of another's suffering): empathy, mercy, ruth, pity, sorrow, tenderheartedness
• (desire to relieve another's suffering): kindness, heart, mercy, ruth, tenderheartedness

Derived terms

• compassionable
• compassionate
• compassion fatigue

Related terms

• compatible
• passion

Translations

Verb

compassion (third-person singular simple present compassions, present participle compassioning, simple past and past participle compassioned)

1. (obsolete) To pity.
   • 1607, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus, IV. i. 124:

     O heavens, can you hear a good man groan / And not relent, or not compassion him?

   • 1830, The Last of the Supernaturalists, in James Fraser (editor), Fraser's Magazine, Volume 1, page 226,

     Both wanted in early life the one thing essential to every individual, of whatever nature or degree of intellect, a kind, compassioning adviser; - a true friend; […] .

Further reading

• compassion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• compassion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin compassi?, compassi?nem, from Latin compatior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pa.sj??/

Noun

compassion f (plural compassions)

1. compassion, pity

Related terms

• compatir
• passion

Further reading

• “compassion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

compassion

1. Alternative form of compassioun

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gusto, from Latin gustus (“tasting”). Doublet of cost.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???st??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???sto?/
• Rhymes: -?st??

Noun

gusto (uncountable)

1. Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.
   • 1993, Paul Chadwick, The Dictator’s Dream, Dark Horse Books

     And the sound increases … the power grows … gusto becomes something else: rage.

Translations

Anagrams

• gouts

Bikol Central

Verb

gusto

1. to want, to like

   Synonyms: muya, suno

Catalan

Verb

gusto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of gustar

Esperanto

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??usto/
• Hyphenation: gus?to
• Rhymes: -usto

Noun

gusto (accusative singular guston, plural gustoj, accusative plural gustojn)

1. taste
2. flavor

Derived terms

• anta?gusto (“foretaste”)
• bongusta (“tasty”)
• gusta (“of or related to taste”)
• gusti (“to have a taste”)
• gustigi (“to taste like”)

Galician

Alternative forms

• gosto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gustus.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [??us?.t??]
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): [??us?.t??]

Noun

gusto m (plural gustos)

1. taste (sense)
2. taste (flavour)
3. liking, preference, aesthetic preference
4. pleasure, enthusiasm
5. fancy, whim

Verb

gusto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gustar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gustus (“tasting”), from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *?éwstus. It was possibly a semi-learned borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??us.to/
• Rhymes: -usto
• Hyphenation: gù?sto

Noun

gusto m (plural gusti)

1. taste (the sense)
2. taste, flavour

   Synonym: sapore

3. gusto, enjoyment, relish
4. fancy, whim
5. (in the plural) preferences

Hypernyms

• cinque sensi

Derived terms

• gustare
• gustativo
• gustoso

Descendants

• ? Alemannic German: Gust
• ? English: gusto
• ? Serbo-Croatian: gušt

Verb

gusto

1. first-person singular present of gustare

Latin

Etymology

From unattested *gustus (tasted), from Proto-Indo-European *?ustós, from *?ews- (“to taste”). Cognate with gustus (“a taste”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??us.to?/, [???s?t?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??us.to/, [??ust??]

Verb

gust? (present infinitive gust?re, perfect active gust?v?, supine gust?tum); first conjugation

1. I taste, sample.
2. I snack; I whet my appetite.

Conjugation

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• d?gust?
• gust?ti?
• praegust?
• regust?

Descendants

References

• gusto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gusto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gusto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 399

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ust?/

Adverb

gusto (comparative gus?ej, superlative nejgus?ej)

1. thickly, densely

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?û?sto/
• Hyphenation: gu?sto

Adverb

g?sto (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. densely

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gustus (“tasting”), from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *?éwstus. Replaced the inherited Old Spanish form gosto. The learned word has a more abstract meaning overall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??usto/, [??us.t?o]

Noun

gusto m (plural gustos)

1. taste (sense)

2. taste (flavour)
3. liking, preference, aesthetic preference
4. pleasure, enthusiasm

5. fancy, whim

Derived terms

Verb

gusto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of gustar.

References

• “gusto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish gusto.

Noun

gusto

1. want, like, desire

   Synonyms: kagustuhan, kursonada, nais, ibig

Verb

gusto

1. to want; like

   Synonyms: ibig, nais

Usage notes

• The verb gusto is considered as a pseudo-verb, which is a word that acts like a verb but has no affixes attached to it, and therefore does not conjugate. It is considered to be the more casual equivalent to nais and ibig.

Derived terms