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Relieving vs Soothing - What's the difference?

relieving | soothing |

As verbs the difference between relieving and soothing

is that relieving is while soothing is .

As adjectives the difference between relieving and soothing

is that relieving is that brings relief while soothing is tending to soothe.

As a noun soothing is

the act by which somebody is soothed.

relieving

English

Verb

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  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That brings relief.
  • *1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 24:
  • *:Like a weary insomniac, France too greeted the relieving dawn chiefly longing for one thing only – repose.
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    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

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  • 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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