different between kindful vs mindful

English

Alternative forms

• kindiful

Etymology

From Middle English kindeful, kyndeful, equivalent to kind +? -ful.

Adjective

kindful (comparative more kindful, superlative most kindful)

1. (obsolete) Natural.
2. (Britain dialectal) Of, relating to, or denoting a specified kind or sort; kindly.
   • 1830, Robert Forby, The vocabulary of East Anglia:

     "Men and women, horses and asses, sheep and oxen, and all kindiful things"

3. Of natural disposition or affections; kind.
   • 1856, Wesleyan Methodist missionary society, The Wesleyan juvenile offering:

     The lady who was then in charge of the school, manifested a kindful feeling towards her, and imparted the best [...]

Antonyms

• kindless

English

Alternative forms

• mindefull, mindfull (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Middle English myndeful, myndefull, from Old English ?emyndful (“of good memory”), equivalent to mind +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??ndf?l/

Adjective

mindful (comparative more mindful, superlative most mindful)

1. Being aware (of something); attentive, heedful. [from 14th c.]
2. (obsolete) Inclined (to do something). [16th-19th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.5:

     These noble warriors, mindefull to pursew / The last daies purpose of their vowed fight, / Them selves thereto preparde in order dew […].

Antonyms

• mindless
• seat-of-the-pants

Derived terms

• mindfully
• mindfulness

Translations

Etymology 2

mind +? -ful

Noun

mindful (plural mindfuls)

1. As much as can be held in one's mind at a time.

Further reading

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