Sooth vs Console - What's the difference?
sooth | console |
(archaic) Truth.
* (Merchant of Venice , Act I, Scene 1)
* Longfellow
(obsolete) augury; prognostication
* Spenser
(obsolete) blandishment; cajolery
(obsolete) reality; fact
(archaic) True.
* Spenser
(obsolete) Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
* Milton
* Keats
A cabinet designed to stand on the floor, especially one that houses home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon.
The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
(video games) A device dedicated to playing video games, set apart from
(architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
* P. Henry
* 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
As a noun sooth
is (archaic) truth.As an adjective sooth
is (archaic) true.As a verb console is
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English
Noun
(-)- In sooth , I know not why I am so sad.
- In good sooth , / Its mystery is love, its meaning youth.
- The sooth of birds, by beating of their wings.
Derived terms
* soothsayer * soothsaying * soothfast * forsoothAdjective
(er)- That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.
- the soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains
- with jellies soother than the creamy curd
See also
* soothe * soothly * soothfast * forsoothAnagrams
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----console
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)arcade cabinetsby its ability to change games.
Derived terms
* console tableSee also
* corbelEtymology 2
From (etyl)Verb
(consol)- I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete.
- "Do you remember, my friend, that I went to Tostes once when you had just lost your first deceased? I consoled you at that time. I thought of something to say then, but now—" Then, with a loud groan that shook his whole chest, "Ah! this is the end for me, do you see! I saw my wife go, then my son, and now to-day it's my daughter."