So vs Same - What's the difference?
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In order that.
With the result that; for that reason; therefore.
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, title= (label) Provided that; on condition that, as long as.
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To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
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(lb) To the (implied) extent.
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, title= # (lb) Very (positive clause).
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In a particular manner.
In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
*:"Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn." ¶ "Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so ? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"
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, title= (with as) To such an extent or degree; as.
True, accurate.
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*:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so ,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
In that state or manner; with that attribute. ((replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase))
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* 1872 , (Charles Dickens), J., The Personal History of (David Copperfield)
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Homosexual.
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Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.
someone
Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
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Similar, alike.
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Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
A reply of confirmation of identity.
* ca. 1606 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , Act V, scene III:
* 1994 , (Clerks) :
The identical thing, ditto.
Something similar, something of the identical type.
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, title= It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same'', ''for the same .
As adverbs the difference between so and same
is that so is to the (explicitly stated) extent that while same is together.As adjectives the difference between so and same
is that so is true, accurate while same is not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.As proper nouns the difference between so and same
is that so is a Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand while Same is a district capital of Manufahi District in East Timor.As a conjunction so
is in order that.As an interjection so
is Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story.As a noun so
is a syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.As an abbreviation so
is someone.As an initialism SO
is significant other.As a pronoun same is
the identical thing, ditto.so
English
(wikipedia so)Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’
- As we cal money not onely that which is true and good, but also the false; so it be currant.
- Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength.
Usage notes
Chiefly in North American use, a comma or pause is often used before the conjunction when used in the sense with the result that''. (A similar meaning can often be achieved by using a semicolon or colon (without the ''so'' ), as for example: ''He drank the poison; he died. )Synonyms
* (in order that) so that, thatAdverb
(-)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’
- Don?t know what it is that makes me love you so , / I only know I never want to let you go.
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Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.}}
- Captain Edward Carlisle; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so' superb a woman as this under handicap ' so hard.
- Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust.
Blackpool 1-2 West Ham, passage=It was a goal that meant West Ham won on their first appearance at Wembley in 31 years, in doing so becoming the first team since Leicester in 1996 to bounce straight back to the Premier League through the play-offs.}}
Usage notes
Use of so''''' in the sense ''to the '''implied''' extent'' is discouraged in formal writing; spoken intonation which might render the usage clearer is not usually apparent to the reader, who might reasonably expect the ''extent'' to be made explicit. For example, the reader may expect ''He is '''so good'' to be followed by an explanation or consequence of how good ''he'' is. Devices such as use of underscoring and the exclamation mark may be used as a means of clarifying that the implicit usage is intended; capitalising ''SO'' is also used. The derivative subsenses ''very'' and ''very much are similarly more apparent with spoken exaggerated intonation. The difference between so'' and ''very'' in implied-extent usage is that ''very'' is more descriptive or matter-of-fact, while ''so'' indicates more emotional involvement. This ''so'' is used by both men and women, but more frequently by women. For example, ''she is very pretty'' is a simple statement of fact; ''she is so pretty'' suggests admiration. Likewise, ''that is very typical'' is a simple statement; ''that is SO typical of him!'' is an indictment. A formal (and reserved) apology may be expressed ''I am very sorry'', but after elbowing someone in the nose during a basketball game, a man might say, ''Dude, I am so sorry! in order to ensure that it's understood as an accident.Mark Liberman,"Ask Language Log: So feminine?", 2012 March 26
References
Synonyms
* (very) really, truly, that, very * (to a particular extent) that, this, yea * (in a particular manner) like this, thus * really, truly, very muchDerived terms
* or so * so-so * so there * so whatAdjective
(en adjective)- If this separation was painful to all parties, it was most so to Martha.
- But if I had been more fit to be married, I might have made you more so too.
- At twilight in the summeron the floor.
Synonyms
* (true) correct, right, true * musical, one of the family, one of them, that way inclinedDerived terms
* make it so * more soInterjection
(en interjection)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=So , after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.}}
Abbreviation
(Abbreviation) (head)Synonyms
* sbStatistics
*same
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Adjective
(-)- They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
George Goodchild
- ''King Lear: This is a dull sight. Are you not Kent?
- Kent: The same . [http://www.rhymezone.com/r/gwic.cgi?Path=shakespeare/tragedies/kinglear/v_iii//&Word=the+same,
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- ''Dante: Whose house was it?
- ''Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's.
- ''Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster?
- Blue-Collar Man: The same . [http://www.whysanity.net/monos/clerks5.html]
Usage notes
* This word is usually construed with the (except after demonstratives: "this same.." etc.). This can make it difficult to distinguish between the simple adjective and the adjective used absolutely or pronominally.Synonyms
* (identical) identical, equal, equivalent * (similar) similar, alikeAntonyms
* different, other, anotherDerived terms
* by the same token * of the same stripe * same-blooded * same difference * sameish * samely * sameness * same old same old * same old story * same-sex * self-samePronoun
(English Pronouns)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.}}
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