different between soothing vs placid
soothing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?su?ð??/
- Rhymes: -u?ð??
Adjective
soothing (comparative more soothing, superlative most soothing)
- Tending to soothe.
- soothing music
- Giving relief.
- a soothing ointment
- Freeing from fear or anxiety.
- soothing words
Derived terms
- soothingly
Translations
Verb
soothing
- present participle of soothe
Noun
soothing (plural soothings)
- 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.
- 1823, Charles Caleb Colton
Anagrams
- hootings, shooting
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placid
English
Etymology
From French placide, from Latin placidus (“peaceful, calm, placid”), from place? (“please, satisfy”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?plæs.?d/
- Rhymes: -æs?d
Adjective
placid (comparative placider, superlative placidest)
- calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
- a placid disposition
- a placid lake
- 1941, Ogden Nash, "The Ant", in The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 224.
- The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?
Derived terms
- placidness
- placidity
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French placide
Adjective
placid m or n (feminine singular placid?, masculine plural placizi, feminine and neuter plural placide)
- placid
Declension
Related terms
- placiditate
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