Solace vs Confirm - What's the difference?
solace | confirm | Related terms |
Comfort or consolation in a time of distress.
A source of comfort or consolation.
* Rambler
To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
To allay or assuage.
To take comfort; to be cheered.
* 1593 , , IV. v. 48:
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
(Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 35:
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
Solace is a related term of confirm.
As verbs the difference between solace and confirm
is that solace is to give solace to; comfort; cheer; console while confirm is to strengthen; to make firm or resolute.As a noun solace
is comfort or consolation in a time of distress.solace
English
Noun
- You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace .
- The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
Synonyms
* comfort * consolation * relief * supportDerived terms
* solaceful * solacementVerb
(solac)- But one thing to rejoice and solace in, / And cruel death hath catched it from my sight.
Anagrams
*confirm
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Alternative forms
* confirme (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.