Reassure vs Sooth – What’s the difference?

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Reassure vs Sooth - What's the difference?
As a verb reassure is . As a noun sooth is (archaic) truth. As an adjective sooth is (archaic) true.

reassure

English

Verb

(en-verb)

  • To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
  • To reinsure.

    • Related terms

    * reassurance

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    English words prefixed with re-

    sooth

    English

    Noun

    (–)

  • (archaic) Truth.
  • * (Merchant of Venice , Act I, Scene 1)
    • In sooth , I know not why I am so sad.
  • * Longfellow
    • In good sooth , / Its mystery is love, its meaning youth.
  • (obsolete) augury; prognostication
  • * Spenser
    • The sooth of birds, by beating of their wings.
  • (obsolete) blandishment; cajolery
  • (obsolete) reality; fact

    • Derived terms

    * soothsayer
    * soothsaying
    * soothfast
    * forsooth

    Adjective

    (er)

  • (archaic) True.
  • * Spenser
    • That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.
  • (obsolete) Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
  • * Milton
    • the soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains
  • * Keats
    • with jellies soother than the creamy curd

    See also

    * soothe
    * soothly
    * soothfast
    * forsooth

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