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Solace vs Reassurance - What's the difference?

solace | reassurance |

As nouns the difference between solace and reassurance

is that solace is comfort or consolation in a time of distress while reassurance is reinsurance.

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.

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    reassurance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the feeling of being reassured, of having confidence restored, of having apprehensions dispelled
  • the act of confirming someone's opinion or impression
  • (legal, dated) reinsurance