different between forbearant vs forbearing

English

From forbear +? -ant.

forbearant (comparative more forbearant, superlative most forbearant)

forbearing
- 1830, Thomas Carlyle, Johann Paul Friedrich Richter:
  Gay, gentle, frolicsome as a lamb, yet strong, forbearant and royally courageous as a lion, he worked along, amid the scouring of kettles, the hissing of frying-pans, the hum of his mother's wheel[.]

From Middle English forbering, forberyng, vorberinge, equivalent to forbear +? -ing.

forbearing (countable and uncountable, plural forbearings)

From forbear +? -ing.

forbearing (comparative more forbearing, superlative most forbearing)

Characterized by patience and indulgence; long-suffering
a forbearing temper

forbearing

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