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Sore vs Shore - What's the difference?

sore | shore |

In obsolete terms the difference between sore and shore

is that sore is criminal; wrong; evil while shore is to set on shore.

As nouns the difference between sore and shore

is that sore is an injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin while shore is land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.

As verbs the difference between sore and shore

is that sore is mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait in the animal while shore is to set on shore.

As an adjective sore

is causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

As an adverb sore

is very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).

As a proper noun Shore is

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sore

English

(wikipedia sore)

Adjective

(er)
  • Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
    • Her feet were sore from walking so far.
  • Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
  • * Tillotson
    • Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy.
  • Dire; distressing.
    • The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood.
  • (informal) Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
    • Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.
  • (obsolete) Criminal; wrong; evil.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Derived terms

    * sight for sore eyes * sorely * soreness * sore point

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (lb) Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
  • :
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  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  • Sorely.
  • *1919 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Jungle Tales of Tarzan
  • *:[… they] were often sore pressed to follow the trail at all, and at best were so delayed that in the afternoon of the second day, they still had not overhauled the fugitive.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
    • They put ointment and a bandage on the sore .
  • Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • I see plainly where his sore lies.
  • A group of ducks on land. (See also: sord).
  • A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
  • A young buck in its fourth year.

    • Verb

  • mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait in the animal.

    • Derived terms

    * soring

    See also

    * blister * lesion * ulcer

    Anagrams

    * ----

    shore

    English

    (wikipedia shore)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl). Cognate to (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
  • * (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
    • the fruitful shore of muddy Nile
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges
  • (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
    • Usage notes
    * Generally, only the largest of rivers, which are often estuaries, are said to have shores . * Rivers and other flowing bodies of water are said to have (term). * River bank(s)'' outnumbers ''River shore(s) about 200:3 at COCA.
    Hyponyms
    * (land adjoining a large body of water) beach, headland, coast
    Derived terms
    * alongshore * ashore * backshore * bayshore * foreshore * inshore * lakeshore * lee shore * longshore * nearshore * onshore * offshore * seashore * shore bug * shore cod * shore crab * shore dinner * shore fly * shore lark * shore leave * shore patrol * shore pine * shore pit viper * shore plover * shore plum * shore snipe * shore thistle * shore teetan * shorebird * (adjective) * shoreface * shorefront * shoreland * shoreless * shoreline * shoreside * shoreward * shorewards * shoreweed * weather shore * windward shore
    Related terms
    * longshoreman * shorage

    Verb

    (shor)
  • (obsolete) To set on shore.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 2

    Of uncertain origin, but found in some other Germanic languages; compare Middle Dutch . http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shore?s=t

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.
    • The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.

    Verb

    (shor)
  • To provide with support.
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  • To reinforce (something at risk of failure).
    • My family shored me up after I failed the GED.
    The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.
  • *
    • Synonyms
    * reinforce, strengthen, support, buttress * prop up, bolster
    Derived terms
    * dogshore * shore up * shorer * (noun) * unshored

    Etymology 3

    See (shear)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shear)

    • Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) A sewer.

    • References

    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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