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Drifty vs Soothing - What's the difference?

drifty | soothing |

As adjectives the difference between drifty and soothing

is that drifty is tending or seeming to drift while soothing is tending to soothe.

As a verb soothing is

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As a noun soothing is

the act by which somebody is soothed.

drifty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Tending or seeming to drift
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=November 18, author=Renaldo Migaldi, title=Shrimp Boat, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage="Ah, Shrimp Boat," I exclaimed, "what a fine name for sounds so churning and drifty !" }}

    Derived terms

    * driftily * driftiness

    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.

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