Unwind vs Soothing - What's the difference?
unwind | soothing |
To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn
(obsolete) To disentangle
* 1836 , , The Works of Richard Hooker , Volume 4, page 27:
(slang) To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress
To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
Tending to soothe.
Giving relief.
Freeing from fear or anxiety.
The act by which somebody is soothed.
* 1823 , Charles Caleb Colton
As verbs the difference between unwind and soothing
is that unwind is to wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn while soothing is .As an adjective soothing is
tending to soothe.As a noun soothing is
the act by which somebody is soothed.unwind
English
Verb
- Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?
- ... but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them, ...
- After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.
soothing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- soothing music
- a soothing ointment
- soothing words
Derived terms
* soothinglyVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.