Difference between Contemplative and Brooding

CONTEMPLATIVE vs BROODING: NOUN

A member of a religious order that emphasizes meditation.
One given to contemplation or deep thought, especially on religious subjects; a recluse; a hermit.
A person given to contemplation.
A person devoted to the contemplative life
Eccles., a friar of the order of Mary Magdalene.
A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.
Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious contemplation.

Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
Persistent morbid meditation on a problem
The process of sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body; -- mostly used of birds.
A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.

Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.
Having the power of contemplation.
Pertaining to one who contemplates or is introspective and thoughtful.
Pertaining especially to a contemplative Roman Catholic religious or one of the contemplative Roman Catholic religious orders.
Persistently or morbidly thoughtful
Deeply or seriously thoughtful
Disposed to or characterized by contemplation. : pensive.

Relating or pertaining to contemplation or thought, as distinguished from action: as, contemplative philosophy; the contemplative faculty (that is, the faculty of cognition).
Marked by contemplation; manifesting reflection or a studious habit.
Given to or characterized by contemplation or continued and absorbed reflection; employed in reflection or study; reflective; meditative; thoughtful: as, a contemplative mind.

Settled; rooted; fixed in the heart: a figurative use derived from the steadfastness with which a bird sits on her eggs.
Pondering; thinking deeply; disposed to ponder or think deeply: as, a brooding disposition.
Warming: as, “the brooding heat,”
Sitting, as a bird on her eggs: as, a brooding hen.

Serene, Melancholy, Prayerful, Melancholic, Reverent, Introspective, Pondering, Musing, Broody, Reflective, Thoughtful, Brooding, Pensive, Ruminative, Meditative

Daydreaming, Moody, Oviparous, Incubation, Hatching, Pondering, Reflective, Thoughtful, Musing, Meditative, Broody, Contemplative, Ruminative, Pensiveness, Pensive

Serene, Melancholy, Prayerful, Melancholic, Reverent, Introspective, Pondering, Musing, Broody, Reflective, Thoughtful, Brooding, Pensive, Ruminative, Meditative

Daydreaming, Moody, Oviparous, Incubation, Hatching, Pondering, Reflective, Thoughtful, Musing, Meditative, Broody, Contemplative, Ruminative, Pensiveness, Pensive

God through contemplative practice, spiritual readings, and discussion.
Madison Arboretum, creating a peaceful and contemplative setting.
Carmelite nun and contemplative in the Catholic tradition.
The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society founded a branch focusing on education, The Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education.
As I enriched my own understanding of a mindfulnessbased, contemplative pedagogy throughsummer institutes, I added several contemplative practices to my repertoire of teaching.
International Symposium of Contemplative Science, where they presented studies on the interaction between science, the humanities and contemplative religions like Buddhism.
Proponents of contemplative prayer say the purpose of contemplative prayer is to tune in with God and hear His voice.
Is prayer our Monastery is an enclosed contemplative community of contemplative Nuns, our primary duty the.
Contemplative Light provides education and resources in a global effort towards inner transformation through contemplative prayer and meditation.
In theorizing the contemplative body with her, we can bring feminist mindfulness to contemplative writing pedagogy.