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Soother vs Soothes - What's the difference?

soother | soothes |

As verbs the difference between soother and soothes

is that soother is to soothe while soothes is third-person singular of soothe.

As an adjective soother

is comparative of sooth, truer.

As a noun soother

is one who, or that which, soothes.

soother

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(head)
  • (archaic) (sooth), truer.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, soothes.
  • A plastic device that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby.

    • Synonyms

    (baby device) * binky (United States) * dummy (qualifier) * pacifier (qualifier)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To soothe.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
    • And two great big lovely big tears coursing down his cheeks. It was all no use soothering him with no, nono, baby, no and telling him about the geegee and where was the puffpuff but Ciss, always readywitted, gave him in his mouth the teat of the suckingbottle and the young heathen was quickly appeased.

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    soothes

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (soothe)

    • Anagrams

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    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