Ease vs Comfort - What's the difference?
ease | comfort | Synonyms |
The state of being comfortable or free from stress.
Freedom from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
Freedom from effort, difficulty or hardship.
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Dexterity or facility.
Affluence and freedom from financial problems.
Relaxation, rest and leisure.
(clothing) Additional space to allow movement within a garment.
To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
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To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
To give respite to (someone).
To loosen or slacken the tension on (something).
To reduce the difficulty of (something).
To move (something) slowly and carefully.
To lessen in severity.
To proceed with little effort.
Contentment, ease.
Something that offers comfort.
A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
A cause of relief or satisfaction.
To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
* Francis Bacon
To make comfortable. (rfex)
(obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
* Hooker
(obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.
* Shakespeare
Comfort is a synonym of ease.
In transitive terms the difference between ease and comfort
is that ease is to move (something) slowly and carefully while comfort is to make comfortable.ease
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Noun
(-)- She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.
- ''His mind was at ease when he received his pension.
- He passed all the exams with ease .
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- He played the organ with ease .
- After winning the jackpot, she lived a life of luxurious ease .
- We took our ease on the patio.
- to add ease to a waist measurement
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* (English Citations of "ease")Synonyms
* (state of being comfortable or free from stress) comfort, peace * peace of mind * (dexterity or facility) dexterity, facility, skill * free time, leisure, relaxation, restDerived terms
* chapel of ease * at ease * ease of useReferences
Verb
(eas)- He eased his conscience by confessing.
- Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.
- ''He loosened his shoe to ease the pain.
- The provision of extra staff eased their workload.
- We eased the rope, then lowered the sail.
- We had to ease the entry requirements.
- He eased the cork from the bottle.
- The pain eased overnight.
- The car eased onto the motorway.
Synonyms
* assuage, salve * alleviate, assuage, lessen, reduce * give someone a break (informal), lay off (informal) * loosen, relax, slacken * simplify * (lessen in severity) lessen, reduce * (proceed with little effort) cruisecomfort
English
Noun
(en noun)- Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
- the comforts of home
- We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
- The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort : at least the independency was preserved.
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* austerityVerb
(en verb)- Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.
- Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men.
- (Wyclif)
- God's own testimony doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.
- I cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!