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Solace vs Amity - What's the difference?

solace | amity |

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

  • Comfort or consolation in a time of distress.
  • You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace .
  • A source of comfort or consolation.
  • * Rambler
  • The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.

    Synonyms

    * comfort * consolation * relief * support

    Derived terms

    * solaceful * solacement

    Verb

    (solac)
  • To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
  • To allay or assuage.
  • To take comfort; to be cheered.
  • * 1593 , , IV. v. 48:
  • But one thing to rejoice and solace in, / And cruel death hath catched it from my sight.

    Anagrams

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    amity

    English

    Noun

    (amities)
  • (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.
  • Synonyms

    * friendliness * friendship

    Antonyms

    * enmity * hostility * enemyship