Sob vs. Soe — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sob and Soe
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Definitions
Sob
A son of a bitch.
Soe
(obsolete) a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.
Sob
The act or sound of sobbing.
Soe
A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl.
Sob
To weep aloud with convulsive gasping; cry uncontrollably.
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Sob
To make a sound resembling that of loud weeping.
Sob
To utter with sobs.
Sob
To put or bring (oneself) into a specified condition by sobbing
Sob oneself to sleep.
Sob
A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
Sob
(onomatopoeia) sound of sob
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Sob
(intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps.
Sob
(transitive) To say (something) while sobbing.
"He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.
Sob
To soak.
Sob
To soak.
Sob
To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.
Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger.
She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair.She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.
Sob
The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath.
Sob
Any sorrowful cry or sound.
The tremulous sob of the complaining owl.
Sob
A dyspneic condition
Sob
Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
Sob
Convulsive gasp made while weeping
Sob
Weep convulsively;
He was sobbing inconsolably
