different between pastime vs solace

English

Alternative forms

• passtime, pass-time (both obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier passtime, pass-time, from Middle English passe tyme, passetyme, calque of Middle French passetemps.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?pæs.ta?m/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??s.ta?m/

Noun

pastime (plural pastimes)

1. Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.

   Synonyms: kill-time; see also Thesaurus:hobby

Translations

Further reading

• pastime in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Verb

pastime (third-person singular simple present pastimes, present participle pastiming, simple past and past participle pastimed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to sport; to amuse oneself

Derived terms

• pastimer
• pastiming

Anagrams

• impaste, site map, sitemap

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.