different between assuagement vs soothing

English

Etymology

From assuage +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??swe?d??m?nt/
• Hyphenation: as?suage?ment

Noun

assuagement (countable and uncountable, plural assuagements)

1. The action of assuaging; appeasement.
2. The condition of being assuaged.
   • 1797, Ann Radcliffe, The Italian, or The Confessional of the Black Penitents, London: T. Cadell Junior & W. Davies, Volume II, Chapter 7, pp. 234-235,^[1]

     This was the sole consideration, that afforded any degree of assuagement to her sufferings.
3. An assuaging medicine or application.

Synonyms

• (action of assuaging): alleviation
• (condition of being assuaged): relief, respite

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su?ð??/
• Rhymes: -u?ð??

Adjective

soothing (comparative more soothing, superlative most soothing)

1. Tending to soothe.

   soothing music

2. Giving relief.

   a soothing ointment

3. Freeing from fear or anxiety.

   soothing words

Derived terms

• soothingly

Translations

Verb

soothing

1. present participle of soothe

Noun

soothing (plural soothings)

1. The act by which somebody is soothed.
   • 1823, Charles Caleb Colton

     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.

Anagrams

• hootings, shooting