Condole vs. Consol — What's the Difference?

To express sympathy or sorrow

Often consols A government bond in Great Britain, originally issued in 1751, that pays perpetual interest and has no date of maturity. Also called bank annuity.

(intransitive) To express sympathetic sorrow; to lament in sympathy (with someone on something).

A perpetual bond issued by the United Kingdom, from the 18th century.

(transitive) To condole with (someone).

A consolidated annuity (see Consols); - chiefly in combination or attributively.

(transitive) To say in an expression of sympathy.

To lament, grieve, bemoan (something).

To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; - followed by with.

To lament or grieve over.

Express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death;