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Tooth vs Sooth - What's the difference?

tooth | sooth |

As nouns the difference between tooth and sooth

is that tooth is a hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating while sooth is (archaic) truth.

As a verb tooth

is to provide or furnish with teeth.

As an adjective sooth is

(archaic) true.

tooth

English

(wikipedia tooth)

Noun

(teeth)
  • A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
  • A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
  • A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
  • (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
  • (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allow better adhesion of artwork.
  • (figurative) taste; palate
  • I have a sweet tooth : I love sugary treats.
  • * Dryden
  • These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth .

    Hyponyms

    * (structure in the mouth) bicuspid, canine, cuspid, incisor, premolar, molar * See also

    Derived terms

    * back tooth * clean as a hound's tooth * eyetooth * fight tooth and nail * long in the tooth * milk tooth * sweet tooth * teethe verb * toothache * tooth and nail * toothbrush * tooth fairy * toothless * toothpaste * toothpick * toothsome * toothlike * toothly * toothy * wisdom tooth

    See also

    (see also) * bicuspid * canine * cuspid * dental * dentist * denture * fang * incisor * molar * orling * premolar * prong * tine

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide or furnish with teeth.
  • * (rfdate) (William Wordsworth)
  • The twin cards toothed with glittering wire.
  • To indent; to jag.
  • to tooth a saw
  • To lock into each other, like gear wheels.
  • (Moxon)

    sooth

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) Truth.
  • * (Merchant of Venice , Act I, Scene 1)
  • In sooth , I know not why I am so sad.
  • * Longfellow
  • In good sooth , / Its mystery is love, its meaning youth.
  • (obsolete) augury; prognostication
  • * Spenser
  • The sooth of birds, by beating of their wings.
  • (obsolete) blandishment; cajolery
  • (obsolete) reality; fact
  • Derived terms

    * soothsayer * soothsaying * soothfast * forsooth

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (archaic) True.
  • * Spenser
  • That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.
  • (obsolete) Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
  • * Milton
  • the soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains
  • * Keats
  • with jellies soother than the creamy curd

    See also

    * soothe * soothly * soothfast * forsooth

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