sole vs soul

Definitions

noun

1. the underside of the foot
2. lean flesh of any of several flatfish
3. right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
4. the underside of footwear or a golf club

verb

1. put a new sole on

adjective

1. not divided or shared with others
2. being the only one; single and isolated from others

Examples

Griselde, once again, accepted her fate and protested her love for the marquis, solely requesting her dignity upon exodus from the palace.

Jobs 'mention that developers can begin submitting programs to the Mac App Store by next month made it clear that this, like the iPhone's App Store, will be a curated environment, subject to Apple's sole control.

Ten years ago, very few people had games consoles, broadband Internet or mobile phones.

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Definitions

noun

1. the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
2. deep feeling or emotion
3. a human being
4. a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
5. the human embodiment of something

Examples

(Variety's Dennis Harvey called Mr. Friedman's onscreen persona "nebbishy"; The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris was a little nicer, saying, "The movie is the product of his big, shiny love of forgotten soul legends whom superstardom ... has eluded.")

Unpredictable, emotional and alive, it is, in keeping with the area, soul with the rough edges intact.

Then they become an anchor for your soul.

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