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Soothing vs Balmlike - What's the difference?

soothing | balmlike |

As adjectives the difference between soothing and balmlike

is that soothing is tending to soothe while balmlike is resembling a balm or some aspect of one; soothing, healing.

As a verb soothing

is .

As a noun soothing

is the act by which somebody is soothed.

soothing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to soothe.
  • soothing music
  • Giving relief.
  • a soothing ointment
  • Freeing from fear or anxiety.
  • soothing words

    Derived terms

    * soothingly

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which somebody is soothed.
  • * 1823 , Charles Caleb Colton
  • There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.

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    balmlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a balm or some aspect of one; soothing, healing.
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