Soothe vs Sweeten - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between soothe and sweeten

is that soothe is to bring comfort or relief while sweeten is to become sweet.

As verbs the difference between soothe and sweeten

is that soothe is (obsolete) to prove true; verify; confirm as true while sweeten is to make sweet to the taste.

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

sweeten

English

Verb

(en verb)

To make sweet to the taste.

to sweeten tea

To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings.

to sweeten life

to sweeten friendship

To make mild or kind; to soften.

to sweeten the temper

To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.

to sweeten the cares of life

* (rfdate) :

And sweeten every secret tear.

To soften to the eye; to make delicate.

* (rfdate) :

Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them into each other.

To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter.

to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected

to sweeten the air

To make warm and fertile.

to dry and sweeten soils

To restore to purity; to free from taint.

to sweeten water, butter, or meat

To make more attractive;

to by increasing the price offered

To become sweet.

Antonyms

* (to make warm and fertile)