Difference between Sour and Off

What is the difference between Sour and Off?

Sour as a verb is to make or become sour while Off as a verb is to kill

Sour

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the sensation of a sour taste a drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make or become sour To become disenchanted

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having an acid, sharp or tangy taste made rancid by fermentation etc tasting or smelling rancid peevish or bad-tempered excessively acid and thus infertile containing excess sulphur

Example sentence: Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.

Off

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.Out of the possession of.Away from or not on.Disconnected or subtracted from.Distant from.No longer wanting or takingtimes

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: inoperative, disabledrottenin, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsmanInoperative, disabled.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to killto switch offto kill oneself, commit suicide

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In a direction away from the speaker or object.Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.

Example sentence: Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.

We hope you now know whether to use Sour or Off in your sentence.

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