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gratification vs humouring

humouring vs gratification

gratification and humouring both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gratification Yes No No No
humouring Yes No No No
As nouns, humouring is a hyponym of gratification; that is, humouring is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gratification:
  • gratification: the act or an instance of satisfying
  • humouring: the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
Other hyponyms of gratification include satiation, head trip, self-gratification, humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering, pleasing.
gratification (noun) humouring (noun)
the act or an instance of satisfying the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
state of being gratified or satisfied
Difference between gratification and humouring

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