Gentle vs. Humble — What's the Difference?

Having or showing a mild, kind, or tender temperament or character

Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful.

Moderate in action, effect, or degree; not strong or violent

Showing deferential or submissive respect

(of a person) noble or having the qualities attributed to noble birth; courteous and chivalrous.

Low in rank, quality, or station; unpretentious or lowly

Make or become gentle

To cause to feel humble

A maggot, especially the larva of a blowfly, used as bait.

To cause to have a lower condition or status; abase.

Considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable and tender.

Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.

Not harsh or severe; mild and soft

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

Easily managed or handled; docile

(ambitransitive) To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of

Not steep or sudden; gradual

To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.

Of good family; wellborn

To hum.

Suited to one of good breeding; refined and polite

(transitive) hummel.

(Archaic) Noble; chivalrous

An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.

One of good birth or relatively high station.

Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

To make less severe or intense

Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest.

To soothe, as by stroking; pacify.

Hornless. See Hummel.

To tame or break (a horse).

To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.

(Obsolete) To raise to the status of a noble.

To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; - often used rexlexively.

Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.

Cause to be unpretentious;

Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.

Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;

Docile and easily managed.

Low or inferior in station or quality;

Gradual rather than steep or sudden.

Marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful;

Polite and respectful rather than rude.

Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

(archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);

(intransitive) To become gentle.

To ennoble.

To break; to tame; to domesticate.

(transitive) To soothe; to calm; to make gentle.

(archaic) A person of high birth.

(fishing) A maggot used as bait by anglers.

A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.

Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

Quiet and refined in manners; not rough, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice.

A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader.

Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse.

Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop .

One well born; a gentleman.

A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil.

A dipterous larva used as fish bait.

To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble.

To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable.

To make kind and docile, as a horse.

Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;

Give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

Stroke soothingly

Soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe;

Having or showing a kindly or tender nature;

Quiet and soothing;

Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy;

Easily handled or managed;

Having little impact;

Marked by moderate steepness;