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Soothing vs Assuasive - What's the difference?

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Soothing is a related term of assuasive.


As adjectives the difference between soothing and assuasive

is that soothing is tending to soothe while assuasive is mild, soothing.

As nouns the difference between soothing and assuasive

is that soothing is the act by which somebody is soothed while assuasive is anything that soothes.

As a verb soothing

is .

soothing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to soothe.
    • soothing music
  • Giving relief.
    • a soothing ointment
  • Freeing from fear or anxiety.
    • soothing words

    Derived terms

    * soothingly

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which somebody is soothed.
  • * 1823 , Charles Caleb Colton
    • There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.

    Anagrams

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    assuasive

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • mild, soothing

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that soothes.
  • * 1817 , Richard Yates, The basis of national welfare
    • the truly Christian assuasives of friendly attention