different between solace vs anodyne

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.

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin an?dynos (“stilling or relieving pain”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?dunos, “free from pain”), from ??- (an-, “without”) + ????? (odún?, “pain”).

Adjective sense “noncontentious” probably through French anodin (“harmless, trivial”), of same origin.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æn.?.da?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Adjective

anodyne (comparative more anodyne, superlative most anodyne)

1. (pharmacology) capable of soothing or eliminating pain [from 16th c.]
   • 1847, Littell's Living Age, number 161, 12 June 1847, in Volume 13, page 483:

   • 1910, Edward L. Keyes, Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs, page 211:

2. (figuratively) soothing or relaxing [from 18th c.]

3. (by extension) noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate [from 20th c.]

   Synonyms: bland, inoffensive, noncontentious

   • 2003, The Guardian, 20 May 2003:

   • 2010, "Rattled", The Economist, 9 Dec 2010:

Translations

Noun

anodyne (plural anodynes)

1. (pharmacology) any medicine or other agent that relieves pain
2. (figuratively) a source of relaxation or comfort
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. VII:

   • 1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, page 79:

Translations

Derived terms

References

• anodyne in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “anodyne”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “anodyne”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• annoyed

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.n?.din/
• Homophone: anodynes

Adjective

anodyne

1. feminine singular of anodyn

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?no?.dy.ne/, [ä?no?d??n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?no.di.ne/, [??n??d?in?]

Adjective

an?dyne

1. vocative masculine singular of an?dynos or an?dynus