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Insole vs. Sole — What's the Difference?

Insole vs. Sole — What's the Difference?

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Insole

The inner sole of a shoe or boot.

Sole

A shipping forecast area in the north-eastern Atlantic, covering the western approaches to the English Channel.

Insole

An extra strip of material put inside a shoe for comfort or protection. In both senses also called innersole.

Sole

Put a new sole on to (a shoe)
He wanted several pairs of boots to be soled and heeled

Insole

The inside sole of a shoe or other footwear.
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Sole

One and only
My sole aim was to contribute to the national team

Insole

(transitive) To fit (footwear) with an insole.

Sole

(especially of a woman) unmarried.

Insole

The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease.

Sole

The underside of the foot.

Insole

The inner sole of a shoe or boot

Sole

The underside of a shoe or boot, often excluding the heel.

Sole

The bottom surface of a plow.

Sole

The bottom surface of the head of a golf club.

Sole

Any of various chiefly marine flatfishes of the family Soleidae, having both eyes on the right side of the body, and including food fishes such as the Dover sole of the Atlantic Ocean.

Sole

Any of various other flatfishes, especially certain flounders.

Sole

To furnish (a shoe or boot) with a sole.

Sole

To put the sole of (a golf club) on the ground, as in preparing to make a stroke.

Sole

Being the only one
The sole survivor of the crash.

Sole

Of or relating to only one individual or group; exclusive
She took sole command of the ship.

Sole

Only.

Sole

(legal) Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.

Sole

Unique; unsurpassed.
The sole brilliance of this gem.

Sole

With independent power; unfettered.
A sole authority.

Sole

(anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.

Sole

(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.

Sole

(obsolete) The foot itself.

Sole

(fish) Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.

Sole

The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.

Sole

The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.

Sole

The bottom of a furrow.

Sole

The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.

Sole

The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.

Sole

(military) The bottom of an embrasure.

Sole

(nautical) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.

Sole

(nautical) The floor inside the cabin of a yacht or boat

Sole

(mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.

Sole

A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.

Sole

A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.

Sole

(transitive) to put a sole on (a shoe or boot)

Sole

To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.

Sole

Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidæ, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.

Sole

The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.
The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot.
Hast wandered through the world now long a day,Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead.

Sole

The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.
The "caliga" was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep.

Sole

The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.

Sole

To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.

Sole

Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.
He, be sure . . . first and last will reignSole king.

Sole

Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.

Sole

The underside of footwear or a golfclub

Sole

Lean flesh of any of several flatfish

Sole

The underside of the foot

Sole

Right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European

Sole

Put a new sole on;
Sole the shoes

Sole

Not divided or shared with others;
They have exclusive use of the machine
Sole rights of publication

Sole

Being the only one; single and isolated from others;
The lone doctor in the entire county
A lonesome pine
An only child
The sole heir
The sole example
A solitary instance of cowardice
A solitary speck in the sky

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