Soothe vs Anaesthetise - What's the difference?

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Soothe is a related term of anaesthetise.

As verbs the difference between soothe and anaesthetise

is that soothe is (obsolete) to prove true; verify; confirm as true while anaesthetise is .

soothe

English

Verb

(sooth)

(obsolete) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.

(obsolete) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.

(obsolete) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.

To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.

To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.

* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Andros Townsend calms England's nerves in taming of Montenegro'' (in ''The Guardian , 11 October 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/11/england-montenegro-world-cup-qualifier]

Yet Wayne Rooney scored at a good time, three minutes after the restart, to soothe any gathering nerves and the night can ultimately be chalked off as one of the finest occasions of Hodgson's 17 months in the job.

To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.

(rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.

To calm or placate someone or some situation.

To ease or relieve pain or suffering.

To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.

To bring comfort or relief.

Derived terms

* soothing

anaesthetise

English

Verb

(anaesthetis)

* 1905 , William Gilman Thompson, Practical dietetics: With Special Reference to Diet in Diseases , page 524:

The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2- or 4-per-cent solution of cocain, or, as Stewart recommends, by allowing the patient to swallow a few drops of the solution, to anaesthetise the oesophagus.

* 2007 , Linda Davies, Into the Fire , Twenty First Century Publishers Ltd., page 84:

But now she was freed of the daily slavery of the office, and she no longer needed to drink to accompany Roddy, or to anaesthetise herself to his friends.