Sought vs Soughs - What's the difference?
sought | soughs |
(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 sought and soughs
is that sought is past tense of seek while soughs is third-person singular of sough.soughs
English
Verb
(head)sough
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)- The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest.