What's the difference between bighearted and goodhearted?

Bighearted


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Familiar vestiges of premodern theory are found in such expressions as "bighearted," "warmhearted," "brokenhearted," and so on.
  • (2) He also called on cabinet ministers to end the feuding created by the campaign on the referendum on AV saying "it requires people to behave in a bighearted and big way – that is what we are going to do".

Goodhearted


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Her life as a bisexual young woman was full of drama; she was goodhearted, generous, incredibly engaging, a fabulous writer, and would sometimes get herself into situations that would just make you stay awake at night worrying about her life … it was quite incredible.
  • (2) Last weekend in Britain, 87-year-old Don Goodheart, a veteran of the second world war, died while on standard-bearing duty outside a church in Devon.

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