Heartening
Heartening adjective - Making one feel good inside.
Usage example: hearing how his students still appreciated him after all those years was heartening to the music teacher
Tender and heartening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tender" instead an adjective "Heartening".
Tender
Tender adjective - Easily injured without careful handling.
Heartening and tender are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartening" instead an adjective "Tender".
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