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Sootier vs Soother - What's the difference?

sootier | soother |

As adjectives the difference between sootier and soother

is that sootier is comparative of sooty while soother is comparative of sooth, truer.

As a noun soother is

one who, or that which, soothes.

As a verb soother is

to soothe.

sootier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (sooty)

    • sooty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • of, relating to, or producing soot
  • * Milton
    • Fire of sooty coal.
  • soiled with soot
  • of the color of soot
  • * Milton
    • The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.

    Derived terms

    * sooty albatross * sooty tern

    Verb

  • To blacken or make dirty with soot.
  • * Chapman
    • Sootied with noisome smoke.

    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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