Solace vs Amity - What's the difference?
solace | amity |
Comfort or consolation in a time of distress.
A source of comfort or consolation.
* Rambler
To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
To allay or assuage.
To take comfort; to be cheered.
* 1593 , , IV. v. 48:
(formal, literary) friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis.
* 1922': To my native place / Bent upon returning, / Bosom all day burning / To be where my race / Well were known, 'twas much with me / There to dwell in '''amity . — Thomas Hardy, 'Welcome Home,' in ''Lyrics Late and Earlier, 1922
Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord.
As nouns the difference between solace and amity
is that solace is comfort or consolation in a time of distress while amity is (formal|literary) friendship the cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals in this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis.As a verb solace
is to give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.solace
English
Noun
- You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace .
- The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
Synonyms
* comfort * consolation * relief * supportDerived terms
* solaceful * solacementVerb
(solac)- But one thing to rejoice and solace in, / And cruel death hath catched it from my sight.