Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 438. The title of today's lesson is
the difference between human and humane. Okay. Yeah. Students sometimes get mixed up.
Sometimes they ask what's the difference between these two ? You know, one of the
first things you should actually notice is that remember with the "E" at the end
that is humane. Sometimes students actually see humane and still
pronounce it as human too. All right. So let's take a look at the note here. Human can
be both a noun and an adjective, humane is only used as an adjective. So this
first thing to note. All right. Let's take a look at humane as an adjective. If we say
that somebody is humane, it means he or she cares about the quality of the lives
of animals or people and that we should be kind to them. We use it especially to
show concern about their suffering or pain. Okay. If someone uses human as an
adjective, it is often used to simply mean relating to humans. It can also be
used about human feelings and behavior, but usually more in the sense to show
that we have flaws or that we are weak or there's something about us that has
limits or we're not perfect. So we tend to use it more a little bit more that
way. You know they did say at one time human and humane were very close in
meaning, but in more recent years, in more recent decades they've gone in two
different tangents. So what I've just gave you is the way
that we usually think of both. So we use human and humane actually quite
differently. All right. Let's continue here. Both words derived from the Latin word
"homo" referring to a man or human being. Okay. We also use inhumane as an opposite
to humane. Meaning lacking pity or compassion.
So really inhumane is just the direct opposite. So humane means that we
should care about people or have pity for them. Inhumane means that we lack it.
All right. Now this ... the last one here we also use... finally we use we have inhuman.
I would say out of all of these inhuman is probably used the least. But it
means lacking all human qualities not just pity. Okay.
So you might have a slight bit of crossover with inhuman and inhumane.
Probably because years ago the two were very close in meaning, but you know, you
won't hear inhuman as much. You hear inhumane a lot and you hear humane
quite a bit and of course human is very common. All right. But anyway, let's , let's
cover we have actually ten examples that kind of cover this idea here or these
ideas. So let's look at the first one. The design of the human body is amazing.
Yes. This just means relating to humans. Yeah. We would not we definitely would
not use humane here. We wouldn't say the design of the humane body. No. That makes
no sense at all. Let's look at number two here. You cannot expect him to be perfect.
He is only human. All right. This is another way that like i said before. We
often use human in the sense that we we have flaws. We're not perfect. We have
limits. You know, being human. Okay. All right. Number three. i prefer human
contact, I don't just want to interact with a robot. Yeah. So again. This means
kind of like relating to humans. Okay. You definitely wouldn't use humane in the
sense. That wouldn't make sense either. All right number four. She strongly
believes in humane treatment of animals. Yeah. This one's very very common. You
know, especially if you care about how they're treated. Again that they're not
suffering. So it's a perfect use of humane. Okay. She thinks we should try to
build a more humane society. You know society that cares
people more. Worries about if they're suffering or not. Okay. Let's see number
six here. She became a vegan because she believes in she believes it is inhumane
to kill animals. So remember again. We're using inhumane as the opposite of humane.
So she thinks that we shouldn't be killing animals to eat them. Yes or for
food as we say here. Number seven. The treatment of the prisoners in that
concentration camp was in humane. Again maybe they tortured them or you know
they maybe they didn't allow them to have like enough food or you know they
didn't maybe not good medical care or whatever. So that they were suffering.
Okay. Let's continue. Now here's one where they could be a slight bit of crossover.
She had to bear inhuman and degrading treatment. Okay. You might have been
able to say inhumane here to, especially if you meant that you know
again they might have been mistreated or tortured and made to suffer. But we could
use inhuman in the sense that it was you know not like humans. You know not, not
like humans at all so inhuman. So we might still hear it this way. And number nine
here. I don't know what it was it sounded like an inhuman cry. Meaning it's a cry , but
probably like a cry from an animal. It was a weird cry but it didn't sound like
it came from a person. Okay. And the last one here. Number ten.
In the Star Trek series... remember it was both the TV series and then it was
made into a movie. The characters Spock had an inhuman personality. Well he
wasn't supposed to be human, he was supposed to be like Vulcan or something
and remember he couldn't understand emotion. Supposedly he had no emotion. He
was just very logical. So you know, he couldn't fall in love or things like
that. So in this sense, he was ... he had an inhuman personality or a personality not
like a human at all. Okay. Anyway I hope that these were very helpful here. I hope
you got a better understanding of when we may use one or the other . Okay.
Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.