Soughs vs Houghs - What's the difference?
soughs | houghs |
(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.
As verbs the difference between soughs and houghs
is that soughs is third-person singular of sough while houghs is third-person singular of hough.As a noun houghs is
plural of lang=en.soughs
English
Verb
(head)sough
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)- The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest.