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Love means more.

Other words for love:

Agape– (Koine Greek)
Eros– (Greek)
Philia– (Greek)
Storge– (Greek)
Amor– (Latin)
Amicitia
– (Latin)
Caritas
– (Latin) more or less interchangeable with agape, and often translated into English as “charity”, though we have generally avoided using that term, because it tends to evoke, at least for contemporary audiences, a mere monetary payment or a “handout”.
Dilectio
– (Latin) see #26,4 in this very helpful explanation by Dr. Alfred Freddoso.
Ahava– (Hebrew: אהבה) see Deuteronomy 6:5, 7:8, Jeremiah 31:3 among many others.

Looking at any of these loves from a different perspective, each loving act has two tendencies:
Amor Amicitiae
– (Latin)
Amor Concupiscentiae– (Latin)