kind vs cruel
Definitions
noun
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
adjective
- agreeable, conducive to comfort
- having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
- tolerant and forgiving under provocation
Examples
Having drop-dead gorgeous, private, windowed offices makes it a lot easier to recruit the kinds of superstars that produce ten times as much as the merely brilliant software developers.
It felt like chewing string dipped in weed killer, but within a couple of minutes the trembling in his limbs gave way to a kind of enervated thrumming and the pounding in his head subsided to a manageable level.
Leaving London they went to Paris, where they passed a few days, but soon grew weary of the place; and Lord Chetwynde, feeling a kind of languor, which seemed to him like a premonition of disease, he decided to go to Germany.
Definitions
adjective
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Examples
Avoid cruel and violent people, as they tend to take up cudgels with you on non-issues.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
FOOTBALL may be the beautiful game, but at times it can be horribly cruel.
