Soothe vs Sooth - What's the difference?
soothe | 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]
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.
(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
As a verb soothe
is to prove true; verify; confirm as true.As a noun sooth is
truth.As an adjective sooth is
true.soothe
English
Verb
(sooth)- 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.
Derived terms
* soothingsooth
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