Soughed vs Southed - What's the difference?
soughed | southed |
(sough)
To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
*1963 , Sterling North, Rascal , Avon Books (softcover), p 101:
*:I lay awake for a while that evening, listening to the soughing of the wind high in the pines, realizing sadly that we must now return to civilization.
A rushing, rustling sound.
* W. Howitt
A sigh.
(Scotland, obsolete) A vague rumour.
(Scotland, obsolete) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
(south)
One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map.
Toward the south; southward.
from the south.
Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
Toward the south; southward.
Downward.
In an adverse direction or trend.
(meteorology) Of wind, from the south.
To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
(astronomy) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.
As verbs the difference between soughed and southed
is that soughed is (sough) while southed is (south).soughed
English
Verb
(head)sough
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)- The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest.
See also
* susurrusEtymology 2
From (etyl) (whence also (etyl) .southed
English
Verb
(head)south
English
Noun
(-)Derived terms
* magnetic south * south by east * south by west * southbound * southeast * southed * southerly * southern * southerner * southing * south-southeast * south-southwest * southward * southwardly * southwards * southwestCoordinate terms
* (compass point) east, north, westAdjective
(-)Adverb
(-)Verb
(en verb)- The moon souths at nine.