Comfort
Comfort noun - A feeling of ease from grief or trouble.
Understanding and comfort are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understanding" instead a noun "Comfort".
Understanding
Understanding noun - An arrangement about action to be taken.
Comfort and understanding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Comfort" instead a noun "Understanding".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| emotional | emotional comfort | emotional understanding |
| human | human comfort | human understanding |
| good | good comfort | good understanding |
| best | best comfort | best understanding |
| Other adjectives: better, perfect, reasonable, genuine, real, great, superior, little, partial, new, general, less, slightest, mutual, greater, basic, modern. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Much of human empathy comes from how people look; the crappier someone looks, the more likely a person is to feel sympathy/empathy for them and reach out with comfort and understanding.
Source: Literature / Graceling -
At best, the character may gain some comfort by following his understanding of what the deceased would want if he were alive.
Source: "Well Done, Son!" Guy -
With Spike she has grown more affectionate with him in a rather sisterly manner, with Sweetie Belle she seems to have grown more patient, with Applejack more understanding of their differences and less forceful with Fluttershy but still encouraging her to go outside of her comfort zone.
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