Balm vs Anodyne - What's the difference?
balm | anodyne | Synonyms |
Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora'' of Africa, Arabia and India and ''Myroxylon of South America.
A plant or tree yielding such substance.
Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
(figuratively) Something soothing.
Any of various aromatic plants of the genus Melissa , such as lemon balm () or bee balm.
(archaic) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
(figurative) To soothe; to mitigate.
Capable]] of [[soothe, soothing or eliminating pain.
* 1847 , Littell's Living Age , number 161, 12 June 1847, in Volume 13, page 483:
* 1910 , Edward L. Keyes, Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs , page 211:
(figuratively) Soothing or relaxing.
Noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate; bland, inoffensive.
* 2003 , The Guardian , 20 May 2003:
* 2010 , "Rattled", The Economist , 9 Dec 2010:
(pharmacology) Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain.
(figuratively) A source of relaxation or comfort.
*1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. VII:
*:The air was heavy with the perfume of the flowers, and their beauty seemed to bring him an anodyne for his pain.
*1929 , (Virginia Woolf), A Room of One's Own , page 79:
Balm is a synonym of anodyne.
In figuratively|lang=en terms the difference between balm and anodyne
is that balm is (figuratively) something soothing while anodyne is (figuratively) a source of relaxation or comfort.As nouns the difference between balm and anodyne
is that balm is any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus commiphora'' of africa, arabia and india and ''myroxylon of south america while anodyne is (pharmacology) any medicine or other agent that relieves pain.As a verb balm
is (archaic) to anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.As an adjective anodyne is
capable]] of [[soothe|soothing or eliminating pain.balm
English
Noun
(en noun)- There is a balm in Gilead.... (Spiritual)
- Classical music is a sweet balm for our sorrows.
Synonyms
* (aromatic resin) balsam * (plant or tree) balsam * (soothing oil or lotion) balsam * (something soothing) balsamSee also
* lotion * ointment * unguentVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
Anagrams
* *anodyne
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Many a time has the vapor of ether been inhaled for the relief of oppressed lungs; many a time has the sought relief been thus obtained; and just so many times has the discovery of the wonderful anodyne properties of this gas, as affecting all bodily suffering, been brushed past and overlooked.
- The citrate is the most efficient as an alkali, but irritates some stomachs, the liquor the most anodyne , the acetate the most diuretic.
- Classical music is rather anodyne .
- It all became so routine, so anodyne , so dull.
- States typically like to stick to anodyne messages, like saving wildflowers or animals. But every so often a controversy crops up.
Noun
(en noun)- So, with a sigh, because novels so often provide an anodyne and not an antidote, glide one into torpid slumbers instead of rousing one with a burning brand.
