different between pathogen vs pathos

English

Etymology

From patho- +? -gen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæ??d?n?/
• Hyphenation: path?o?gen

Noun

pathogen (plural pathogens)

1. (pathology, immunology) Any organism or substance, especially a microorganism, capable of causing disease, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa or fungi. Microorganisms are not considered to be pathogenic until they have reached a population size that is large enough to cause disease.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• heptagon, phone tag

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (páthos, “suffering”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pe????s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pe???o?s/, /?pæ??o?s/

Noun

pathos (countable and uncountable, plural pathoses)

1. The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.
   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd, 1874:

     His voice had a genuine pathos now, and his large brown hands perceptibly trembled.

   • 20 August 2018, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett in The Guardian, Young women are smashing it at Edinburgh as the #MeToo legacy kicks in

     Pritchard-McLean’s show is perfectly constructed, and at times deeply moving to the point where some audience members were near tears, yet the pathos is undercut by true belly laughs – but don’t trust me, read the reviews.

2. (rhetoric) A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions such as pity.
3. (literature) An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
4. (theology, philosophy) In theology and existentialist ethics following Kierkegaard and Heidegger, a deep and abiding commitment of the heart, as in the notion of "finding your passion" as an important aspect of a fully lived, engaged life.
5. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pathos.

Related terms

• antipathy
• apathy
• bathos
• empathy
• pathetic
• patience
• patient
• pathology
• pathogen
• psychopathy
• sympathy

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Pashto, Potash, potash, sophta

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• páthos, patos

Noun

pathos m (plural pathos)

1. pathos (the quality of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)

Spanish

Noun

pathos m (plural pathos)

1. pathos