Definitions
doting
- Describing a parent's excessive love and attention towards their child. - Referring to someone who is overly fond or affectionate towards someone or something. - Talking about a person who is indulgent or excessively generous towards someone they care about.
- Describing a feeling of deep love and admiration towards someone or something. - Referring to someone who is devoted and passionate in their love and admiration. - Talking about a person who is full of adoration and praise for someone or something.
List of Similarities
- 1Both words express strong positive emotions towards someone or something.
- 2Both words can be used to describe feelings of love and admiration.
- 3Both words can be used to describe people who are devoted and passionate in their affections.
- 4Both words can be used to describe actions that show love and affection.
What is the difference?
- 1Intensity: Doting implies excessive or overindulgent love and attention, while adoring suggests a deep and genuine love and admiration.
- 2Focus: Doting often focuses on the giver of affection, while adoring often focuses on the recipient of affection.
- 3Usage: Doting is more commonly used to describe a parent's love towards their child, while adoring can be used in a wider range of contexts.
- 4Connotation: Doting can sometimes have a negative connotation of being overprotective or smothering, while adoring has a more positive connotation of being passionate and devoted.
- 5Action: Doting often involves giving excessive attention or material possessions, while adoring often involves expressing admiration and praise.
Remember this!
Doting and adoring both describe strong positive emotions towards someone or something. However, doting implies excessive or overindulgent love and attention, often focused on the giver of affection. On the other hand, adoring suggests a deep and genuine love and admiration, often focused on the recipient of affection. While doting is more commonly used to describe a parent's love towards their child, adoring can be used in a wider range of contexts to express passionate and devoted love and admiration.
