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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

What's the difference between gentle and mild-mannered

Hi,
If you ask me which animal do I think is the gentlest, I'd answer a cat. They can be gentle if you treat them properly (which includes NOT taking their food away from them when they are eating!)

Can I use "mild-mannered" instead of gentle in the context?
What's the difference between mild-mannered and gentle here?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

There's no difference between 'mild-mannered' and 'gentle'. However, your statement does not hold true as a generalisation, as an individual cat can be more vicious than an individual rottweiler. Rover

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  • There's no difference between 'mild-mannered' and 'gentle'.
  • However, your statement does not hold true as a generalisation, as an individual cat can be more vicious than an individual rottweiler.
  • Rover
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There's no difference between 'mild-mannered' and 'gentle'.

However, your statement does not hold true as a generalisation, as an individual cat can be more vicious than an individual rottweiler.

Rover
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Thank you very much for your answer.
Is it also fine to use the two expressions to describe people?
e.g. He's a gentle/mild-mannered man.
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