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Soothing vs Pleasing - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between soothing and pleasing

is that soothing is tending to soothe while pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

As verbs the difference between soothing and pleasing

is that soothing is present participle of lang=en while pleasing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between soothing and pleasing

is that soothing is the act by which somebody is soothed while pleasing is pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing..

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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    pleasing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

    • Synonyms

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    Noun

  • pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
    • What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross

    Related terms

    * pleasant * pleasantly * satisfaction

    Verb

    (head)

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