feeling vs fellow feeling

fellow feeling vs feeling

feeling and fellow feeling both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
feeling	Yes	No	No	No
fellow feeling	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fellow feeling is a hyponym of feeling; that is, fellow feeling is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than feeling:

feeling: the experiencing of affective and emotional states
fellow feeling: sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

Other hyponyms of feeling include affect, emotion, thing, glow, faintness, soul, soulfulness, passion, passionateness, sentiment, complex, ambivalence, ambivalency, apathy, desire, sex, sexual urge, pleasance, pleasure, pain, painfulness, pang, stab, twinge, liking, dislike, gratitude, ingratitude, ungratefulness, unconcern, shame, pride, pridefulness, humbleness, humility, amazement, astonishment, devastation, expectation, levity, gravity, solemnity, sensitiveness, sensitivity, agitation, calmness, bravery, fearlessness, happiness, sadness, unhappiness, hope, despair, affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness, humor, humour, mood, temper, sympathy, enthusiasm, anchorage, disinterest.

feeling (noun)	fellow feeling (noun)
the experiencing of affective and emotional states	sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
an intuitive understanding of something
a physical sensation that you experience
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

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