different between soothe vs compose
soothe
English
Etymology
From Middle English sothen (“to verify, prove the validity of”), from Old English s?þian (“to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to”), from Proto-Germanic *sanþ?n? (“to prove, certify, acknowledge, testify”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?es- (“to be”). Cognate with Danish sande (“to verify”), Swedish sanna (“to verify”), Icelandic sanna (“to verify”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (suþjan), ???????????????????????? (suþj?n, “to soothe”). See also: sooth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su?ð/
- Rhymes: -u?ð
Verb
soothe (third-person singular simple present soothes, present participle soothing, simple past and past participle soothed)
- (transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Andros Townsend calms England's nerves in taming of Montenegro (in The Guardian, 11 October 2013)[1]
- Yet Wayne Rooney scored at a good time, three minutes after the restart, to soothe any gathering nerves and the night can ultimately be chalked off as one of the finest occasions of Hodgson's 17 months in the job.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Andros Townsend calms England's nerves in taming of Montenegro (in The Guardian, 11 October 2013)[1]
- (transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
- (transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
- (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.
- (transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
- 1976, The Wurzels, I Am A Cider Drinker
- I am a cider drinker,
- I drinks it all of the day,
- I am a cider drinker,
- it soothes all me troubles away,
- 1976, The Wurzels, I Am A Cider Drinker
- (intransitive) To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
- (intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.
- (transitive) To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
- (transitive, obsolete) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
- (transitive, obsolete) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
- (transitive, obsolete) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.
Synonyms
- (humour by agreement or concession): comply, give way; See also Thesaurus:accede
Derived terms
- soothing, soothsayer
Translations
soothe From the web:
- what soothes a sore throat
- what soothes an upset stomach
- what soothes sunburn
- what soothes razor burn
- what soothes heartburn
- what soothes acid reflux
- what soothes mosquito bites
- what soothes a cough
compose
English
Etymology
From Middle English composen, from Old French composer (“to compose, compound, adjust, settle”), from com- + poser, as an adaptation of Latin componere (“to put together, compose”), from com- (“together”) + ponere (“to put, place”)
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: k?m-p?z?, IPA(key): /k?m?po?z/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?m-p?z?, IPA(key): /k?m?p??z/
- Rhymes: -??z
Verb
compose (third-person singular simple present composes, present participle composing, simple past and past participle composed)
- (transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.]
- December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall
- Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection.
- December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall
- (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
- A few useful things […] compose their intellectual possessions.
- (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
- (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
- 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitation of Horace, Book II. Sat. 6
- Let me […] compose / Something in Verse as true as Prose.
- 1838, Benjamin Haydon, Painting, and the fine arts
- the genius that composed such works as the "Standard" and "Last Supper"
- 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitation of Horace, Book II. Sat. 6
- (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
- Compose thy mind; / Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed.
- To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
- To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 280:
- By trying his best to compose matters with the mullahs, he had sincerely shown that he did not seek a violent collision […]
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 280:
- To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
- In a peaceful grave my corpse compose.
- (printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
Synonyms
- (make up the whole): constitute, form; see also Thesaurus:compose
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
French
Verb
compose
- first-person singular present indicative of composer
- third-person singular present indicative of composer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of composer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of composer
- second-person singular imperative of composer
Italian
Verb
compose
- third-person singular past historic of comporre
compose From the web:
- what composer was deaf
- what composes a nephron
- what composes the plasma membrane
- what composes matter
- what compose mean
- what composes most of the mass of bones
- what composer was blind
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