different between tolerance vs humanity

English

Etymology

From Middle French tolerance, from Latin tolerantia (“endurance”), from tolerans, present participle of Latin toler? (“endure”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?l???ns/

Noun

tolerance (countable and uncountable, plural tolerances)

1. (uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. [15th-19th c.]
2. (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. [from 18th c.]
3. (uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism. [from 19th c.]
4. (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. [from 20th c.]

5. (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. [from 20th c.]

Antonyms

• intolerance

Hyponyms

• (deviation from a standard) fault tolerance

Related terms

Translations

References

• tolerance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• coeternal, neorectal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tol?rant?s?]

Noun

tolerance f

1. tolerance (the ability or practice of tolerating)
2. tolerance (permitted deviation from standard)

Related terms

• toleran?ní
• tolerantní
• tolerovat

Further reading

• tolerance in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• tolerance in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

English

Etymology

From Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin h?m?nit?s (“human nature, humanity, also humane conduct”), from h?m?nus (“human, humane”); see human, humane.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /hju?mæn?ti/, [hju?mæn??i]

Noun

humanity (countable and uncountable, plural humanities)

1. Mankind; human beings as a group.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:humankind

2. The human condition or nature.
3. The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16

     Think of that; by that sweet girl that old man had a child: hold ye then there can be any utter, hopeless harm in Ahab? No, no, my lad; stricken, blasted, if he be, Ahab has his humanities!”

   Synonym: humaneness

4. Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.

Derived terms

• humanitarian
• humanitarianism

Related terms

• humanities
• humane

Translations

Further reading

• humanity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• humanity at OneLook Dictionary Search
• humanity in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "humanity" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 148.
• humanity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• humanity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.