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Softening vs Soothing - What's the difference?

softening | soothing |

As verbs the difference between softening and soothing

is that softening is while soothing is .

As an adjective soothing is

tending to soothe.

As a noun soothing is

the act by which somebody is soothed.

softening

English

Verb

(head)

    • 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

    (head)

    • 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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