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“Sol” or “Sole” or “Soul”

sol / sole / soul are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

sol s·AA·l

  • nouna colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
  • noun(Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios.
  • nounthe syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.

sole s·OW·l

  • nounthe underside of footwear or a golf club.
  • nounlean flesh of any of several flatfish.
  • nounthe underside of the foot.
  • nounright-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European.
  • verbput a new sole on.

soul s·OW·l

  • nounthe immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life.
  • noundeep feeling or emotion.
  • nounthe human embodiment of something.
  • nouna secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s.
Usage

Examples in context

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“sol”

  • …in the soil organic layer (SOL) pool found in the top…
  • …women gathered in Puerta del Sol in Madrid, where they banged…
  • …de titanio- Ha muerto el Sol.
  • Parque Valle del Sol is a residential and golf…
  • Shlomo (Sol) Gradman (Hebrew: שלמה גרדמן) born…
  • September 9 – Sol LeWitt, American conceptual and minimalist…
  • …companies created the Moda del Sol union under the leadership of…
  • El Sol agrees and Smiley travels north…
  • …by Inger Jacobsen with "Kom sol, kom regn".
  • Solromar, California — sol, oro, and…

“sole”

  • 1998 – Latinus (Teatro del Sole)
  • Robert Gregory Bowers, the sole suspected shooter in the attack…
  • …aired since 1975, is the sole national morning news program on…
  • …Frederick IV was recognised as sole sovereign of Schleswig by the…
  • …classic beauty, Sa-ran enters Korea's sole traditional gisaeng house, an exclusive…
  • He resigned from that sole source of income in 1911,…
  • …as Robert Gregory Bowers, the sole suspect, posted a message on…
  • …he was the true and sole inventor of jazz music, damaging…
  • The sole male voice heard in the…
  • …since 1948, and was the sole manufacturing site of the famous…

“soul”

  • Midnight Soul Serenade is the third album…
  • The 5th Dimension - Soul & Inspiration - (1974) -
  • …that she had given her soul to the Devil 20 years…
  • …tripartite structure of the human soul or personality, even if the…
  • Soul Star is coming".
  • …sacrificial rite started, and the soul of the dead was duly…
  • …was that Cuervo sold his soul to the surviving Armage to…
  • Midnight Soul Serenade
  • …by then included numerous contemporary soul covers, featuring Miles on vocals,…
  • …with an amazing degree of soul."

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