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Sobbing vs Soaking - What's the difference?

sobbing | soaking |

As verbs the difference between sobbing and soaking

is that sobbing is while soaking is .

As nouns the difference between sobbing and soaking

is that sobbing is action of the verb to sob while soaking is immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.

As adjectives the difference between sobbing and soaking

is that sobbing is that or who sobs while soaking is extremely wet; saturated.

sobbing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Action of the verb to sob .

    • Synonyms

    * (action of the verb "to sob" ): crying, sobs

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That or who sobs.
    • a sobbing child

    Synonyms

    * (that or who sobs ): crying

    Anagrams

    *

    soaking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
    • 1906' ''"We came on a wild-goose chase", grumbled one, as he stirred the fire. "Got nothing but a '''soaking for our pains".'' — Horatio Alger, ''Joe the Hotel Boy , Chapter 2.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely wet; saturated.
    • 1847' ''I shuddered as I stood and looked round me: it was an inclement day for outdoor exercise; not positively rainy, but darkened by a drizzling yellow fog; all under foot was still '''soaking wet with the floods of yesterday. — Charlotte Bronte, ''Jane Eyre , Chapter 5.