Lofty vs Soaring - What's the difference?
lofty | soaring |
high, tall, having great height or stature
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idealistic, implying over-optimism
* 2013 , Delme Parfitt in Wales Online'', ''Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win (3 November 2013)
extremely proud; arrogant; haughty
* F. Harrison
Mounting on the wing; rising aloft; towering in thought or mind.
The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.
assurgent, ascending
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As adjectives the difference between lofty and soaring
is that lofty is high, tall, having great height or stature while soaring is assurgent, ascending.As a verb soaring is
present participle of lang=en Mounting on the wing; rising aloft; towering in thought or mind.As a noun soaring is
the act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.lofty
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=On my left was a river, which came roaring down from a range of lofty mountains right before me to the south-east.}}
- a lofty bed
- a lofty goal
- A goal from Steven Caulker, just after the hour mark, was enough to hand victory to Malky Mackay's men, with Swansea falling some way short of the lofty standards they have set previously at this level.
- that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers