Stared vs Soared - What's the difference?
stared | soared |
(stare)
To look fixedly (at something).
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, Her sturdy stallion had now unbutton'd, and produced naked, stiff, and erect, that wonderful machine, which I had never seen before, and which, for the interest my own seat of pleasure began to take furiously in it, I star'd at with all the eyes I had}}
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*:A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
:staring windows or colours
(obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare .
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*:Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive.
(soar)
to fly aloft with little effort, as a bird.
to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
to remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
to rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
(figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
As verbs the difference between stared and soared
is that stared is (stare) while soared is (soar).stared
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*stare
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(wikipedia stare)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(star)John Mortimer(1656?-1736)
Troponyms
* gaze, to stare intently or earnestly * ogle, to stare covetously or amorouslyDerived terms
* stare someone in the faceEtymology 2
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* ----soared
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* *soar
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(en verb)- When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. .
- The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.
- Where the deep transported mind may soar . .
- Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune.