different between humane vs sympathetic

English

Etymology

Variant form of human, now preserved in specialized senses.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hju??me?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Adjective

humane (comparative humaner or more humane, superlative humanest or most humane)

1. Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.

   It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.

   As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.

2. Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
3. Obsolete spelling of human

Synonyms

• mankindly

Antonyms

• inhuman, inhumane

Derived terms

• humanely

Related terms

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “humane”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Humean

Danish

Adjective

humane

1. definite singular of human
2. plural of human

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu?mane/
• Hyphenation: hu?ma?ne

Adverb

humane

1. humanely

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

humane

1. inflection of human:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Etymology

From h?m?nus (“humane, noble”)

Adverb

h?m?n? (comparative h?m?nius, superlative h?m?nissim?)

1. humanly, in a human manner.
2. humanely, kindly, politely; in a humane manner.

Synonyms

• (humanly): h?m?niter, h?m?nitus
• (humanely): h?m?niter, h?m?nitus

Related terms

References

• humane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• humane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• humane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

humane

1. definite singular of human
2. plural of human

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

humane

1. definite singular of human
2. plural of human

Spanish

Verb

humane

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of humanar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of humanar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of humanar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of humanar.

Swedish

Adjective

humane

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of human.

English

Alternative forms

• sympathetick (obsolete)
• sympathetical

Etymology

Mid 17th century in the sense “relating to an affinity or paranormal influence”, from sympathy +? -etic (“pertaining to”), on the pattern of pathetic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?m.p????t.?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

sympathetic (comparative more sympathetic, superlative most sympathetic)

1. Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.

   Antonym: unsympathetic

   1. Showing approval of or favor towards an idea or action.

      Synonym: approving

2. (of a person) Attracting the liking of others.
   1. (construction) Designed in a sensitive or appropriate way.
3. (relational) Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association.
   1. (of magic) A supernatural connection or power resulting from two items having the same form or some other correspondence.
   2. (sound) Relating to musical tones produced by sympathetic vibration or to strings so tuned as to sound by sympathetic vibration.
4. (neuroanatomy, neurology, relational) Relating to or denoting the part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves arising from ganglia near the middle part of the spinal cord, supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands, and balancing the action of the parasympathetic nerves.

   Antonym: parasympathetic

Derived terms

Related terms

• sympathico-

Translations

References

• “sympathetic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “sympathetic”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).