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Healing vs. Soothing — What's the Difference?

Healing vs. Soothing — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Healing and Soothing

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Healing

Healing is the process of the restoration of health from an unbalanced, diseased, damaged or unvitalized organism. The profession of nursing has been traditionally concerned with matters of healing, whereas historically the profession of medicine has been concerned with curing.With physical damage or disease suffered by an organism, healing involves the repair of living tissue(s), organs and the biological system as a whole and resumption of (normal) functioning.

Soothing

Tending to soothe.

Healing

To restore to health or soundness; cure
Healed the sick patient.

Soothing

Tending to soothe.
Soothing music

Healing

To ease or relieve (emotional distress)
Only time can heal her grief.
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Soothing

Giving relief.
A soothing ointment

Healing

To set right; repair
Healed the rift between us.

Soothing

Freeing from fear or anxiety.
Soothing words

Healing

To recover from an illness or injury; return to health.

Soothing

Present participle of soothe

Healing

To experience relief from emotional distress
Gave the grieving family time to heal.

Soothing

Present participle of sooth

Healing

To be relieved or eliminated
The rift between them finally healed.

Soothing

The act by which somebody is soothed.

Healing

The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.

Soothing

Affording physical relief;
A soothing ointment for her sunburn

Healing

An act of healing, as by a faith healer.

Soothing

Freeing from fear and anxiety

Healing

The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.

Healing

Present participle of heal

Healing

Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.
Here healing dews and balms abound.

Healing

The natural process by which the body repairs itself

Healing

Tending to cure or restore to health;
Curative powers of herbal remedies
Her gentle healing hand
Remedial surgery
A sanative environment of mountains and fresh air
A therapeutic agent
Therapeutic diets

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