Relieving vs Soothing - What's the difference?
relieving | soothing |
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.
Tending to soothe.
Giving relief.
Freeing from fear or anxiety.
The act by which somebody is soothed.
* 1823 , Charles Caleb Colton
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
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Anagrams
*soothing
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Adjective
(en adjective)- soothing music
- a soothing ointment
- soothing words
Derived terms
* soothinglyVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- 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.