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Lofty vs Soaring - What's the difference?

lofty | soaring |

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)
  • high, tall, having great height or stature
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1862 , author=George Borrow , title=Wild Wales , chapter=98 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
  • idealistic, implying over-optimism
  • a lofty goal
  • * 2013 , Delme Parfitt in Wales Online'', ''Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win (3 November 2013)
  • 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.
  • extremely proud; arrogant; haughty
  • * F. Harrison
  • that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers

    soaring

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Mounting on the wing; rising aloft; towering in thought or mind.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • assurgent, ascending
  • * Soaring fuel prices make U.S. energy policy one of the hottest issues of the presidential campaign [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/election/s_574218.html].