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Solace vs Comforter - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between solace and comforter

is that solace is comfort or consolation in a time of distress while comforter is a person who comforts someone who is suffering.

As a verb solace

is to give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.

As a proper noun Comforter is

the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost.

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.

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    comforter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let no comforter delight mine ear / But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
  • (US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
  • (old fashioned, mostly UK) A woollen scarf for winter.
  • * Popular Science Monthly
    • The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.
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  • (UK, NZ, AU) A pacifier.

    • Synonyms

    * (person who comforts) consoler * (padded bed cover) duvet, (continental) quilt

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