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Sooth vs Soot - What's the difference?

sooth | soot |

As nouns the difference between sooth and soot

is that sooth is (archaic) truth while soot is fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

As an adjective sooth

is (archaic) true.

As a verb soot is

to cover or dress with soot.

sooth

English

Noun

(-)
  • (archaic) Truth.
  • * (Merchant of Venice , Act I, Scene 1)
    • In sooth , I know not why I am so sad.
  • * Longfellow
    • In good sooth , / Its mystery is love, its meaning youth.
  • (obsolete) augury; prognostication
  • * Spenser
    • The sooth of birds, by beating of their wings.
  • (obsolete) blandishment; cajolery
  • (obsolete) reality; fact

    • Derived terms

    * soothsayer * soothsaying * soothfast * forsooth

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (archaic) True.
  • * Spenser
    • That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.
  • (obsolete) Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
  • * Milton
    • the soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains
  • * Keats
    • with jellies soother than the creamy curd

    See also

    * soothe * soothly * soothfast * forsooth

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----

    soot

    English

    (wikipedia soot)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

    • Synonyms

    * lampblack

    See also

    * carbon black

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or dress with soot.
    • to soot land
    (Mortimer)

    Anagrams

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