different between tranquil vs soothing

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tranquille, from Latin tranquillus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?t?æ?.kw?l/

Adjective

tranquil (comparative tranquiler, superlative tranquilest)

1. Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, chapter XXVIII

     Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.

2. Calm; without motion or sound.

Synonyms

• (free from emotional disturbance): calm, peaceful, serene, steady
• (calm; without motion or sound): peaceful

Antonyms

• (free from emotional disturbance): agitated

Related terms

• tranquillity
• tranquillize
• tranquilly
• tranquilness

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tranquillus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /t????kil/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /t?a??kil/
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

tranquil (feminine tranquil·la, masculine plural tranquils, feminine plural tranquil·les)

1. tranquil, calm (free from emotional disturbance)
2. tranquil, calm (without motion or sound)

   Synonym: calm

   Antonym: agitat

Derived terms

• tranquil·lament
• tranquil·litzar

Related terms

• tranquil·litat

Further reading

• “tranquil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tranquil” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tranquil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tranquil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tran?kwil/

Adjective

tranquil

1. tranquil

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su?ð??/
• Rhymes: -u?ð??

Adjective

soothing (comparative more soothing, superlative most soothing)

1. Tending to soothe.

   soothing music

2. Giving relief.

   a soothing ointment

3. Freeing from fear or anxiety.

   soothing words

Derived terms

• soothingly

Translations

Verb

soothing

1. present participle of soothe

Noun

soothing (plural soothings)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• hootings, shooting