different between choosing vs solace

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?u?z??/
• Rhymes: -u?z??

Verb

choosing

1. present participle of choose

Noun

choosing (plural choosings)

1. The act of making a choice.
   • 2011, Kern Alexander, M. David Alexander, American Public School Law

     Parents, of course, now have a choice among private schools, but their choosings are not normally supported by public funds.

English

Etymology

From Old French solas, from Latin s?l?cium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *s?lh?- (“mercy, comfort”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?.l?s/
• (US) enPR: s??lace, IPA^(key): /?s??.l?s/
• Rhymes: -?l?s

Noun

solace (countable and uncountable, plural solaces)

1. Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.

   You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.

2. A source of comfort or consolation.
   • September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler

     The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.

Synonyms

• comfort
• consolation
• relief
• support
• compassion

Derived terms

• solaceful
• solacement

Translations

Verb

solace (third-person singular simple present solaces, present participle solacing, simple past and past participle solaced)

1. (transitive) To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
2. (transitive) To allay or assuage.
3. (intransitive) To take comfort; to be cheered.

Translations

Related terms

• console

Anagrams

• Coales, acoels, coales

Spanish

Verb

solace

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of solazarse.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of solazarse.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of solazarse.