Difference between Contemplative and Pensive

CONTEMPLATIVE vs PENSIVE: NOUN

A person given to contemplation.
A member of a religious order that emphasizes meditation.
One given to contemplation or deep thought, especially on religious subjects; a recluse; a hermit.
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.
A person devoted to the contemplative life

Disposed to or characterized by contemplation. : pensive.
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.
Deeply or seriously thoughtful
Persistently or morbidly thoughtful

Showing pensive sadness
Deeply or seriously thoughtful
Persistently or morbidly thoughtful
Engaged in deep and serious thought.
Showing or expressing deep, often melancholy thought.
Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.
Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness.
Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.

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

Synonyms Meditative, reflective, sober.
Expressing thoughtfulness with sadness; betokening or conducive to thoughtful or earnest musing.
Engaged in serious thought or reflection; given to earnest musing: often implying some degree of anxiety, depression, or gloom; thoughtful and somewhat melancholy.

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

Introspective, Melancholy, Melancholic, Phlegmatic, Pondering, Sad, Musing, Reflective, Broody, Thoughtful, Meditative, Ruminative, Brooding, Contemplative, Wistful

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

Introspective, Melancholy, Melancholic, Phlegmatic, Pondering, Sad, Musing, Reflective, Broody, Thoughtful, Meditative, Ruminative, Brooding, Contemplative, Wistful

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.

Pensive Face, but with a sadder, more hurt expression.
Image: Pensive young woman holding smart phone at workplace.
Proctor, is engaged in pensive selfreflection regarding his life.
Len nodded, his own expression calmer, more pensive.
Now Tom could see his face: pensive, withdrawn.
Fr: My leasure serves me pensive daughter now.
But why so pensive, my good master Fox?
The Governor General found him pensive and sad.
The audience will long remember that pensive night.
It can also refer to any pensive or reflective poem that is nostalgic or melancholy, or to a short, pensive musical composition.