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Soothing vs Indulgent - What's the difference?

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Soothing is a related term of indulgent.


As adjectives the difference between soothing and indulgent

is that soothing is tending to soothe while indulgent is disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc, or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.

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.

    Anagrams

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    indulgent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.
  • *
  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 29, author=Nathan Rabin
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    Synonyms

    * forbearing * gentle * lenient * tolerant

    Derived terms

    * indulgential * indulgently

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