The difference between Right and So

When used as nouns, right means that which complies with justice, law or reason, whereas so means a syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.

When used as adverbs, right means on the right side, whereas so means to the (explicitly stated) extent that.

When used as adjectives, right means straight, not bent, whereas so means true, accurate.

Right is also interjection with the meaning: yes, that is correct.

Right is also verb with the meaning: to correct.

So is also conjunction with the meaning: in order that.

check bellow for the other definitions of Right and So

Right as an adjective (archaic):

Straight, not bent.

Examples:

"a right line"
Right as an adjective (geometry):

Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.

Examples:

"The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall."
Right as an adjective (geometry):

Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.

Examples:

"a right triangle'', ''a right prism'', ''a right cone"
Right as an adjective:

Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.

Examples:

"I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along."

"It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work."
Right as an adjective:

Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.

Examples:

"Is this the right software for my computer?"
Right as an adjective:

Healthy, sane, competent.

Examples:

"I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind."
Right as an adjective:

Real; veritable (used emphatically).

Examples:

"You've made a right mess of the kitchen!"
Right as an adjective (Australia):

All right; not requiring assistance.
Right as an adjective (dated):

Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
Right as an adjective:

Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →

Examples:

"After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left."
Right as an adjective:

Designed to be placed or worn outward.

Examples:

"the right side of a piece of cloth"
Right as an adjective (politics):

Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

Right as an adverb:

On the right side.
Right as an adverb:

Towards the right side.
Right as an adverb:

Exactly, precisely.

Examples:

"The arrow landed right in the middle of the target."

"Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film."
Right as an adverb:

Immediately, directly.

Examples:

"Can't you see it? It's right beside you!"

"Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view."
Right as an adverb (British, US, dialect):

Very, extremely, quite.

Examples:

"I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?"

"I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much."
Right as an adverb:

According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
Right as an adverb:

In a correct manner.

Examples:

"Do it right or don't do it at all."
Right as an adverb (dated, still used in some titles):

To a great extent or degree.

Examples:

"Sir, I am right glad to meet you …"

"Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life."

"The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci."

Right as a noun:

That which complies with justice, law or reason.

Examples:

"We're on the side of right in this contest."
Right as a noun:

A legal, just or moral entitlement.

Examples:

"You have no right to go through my personal diary."

"see also'' [[in right of]]"
Right as a noun:

The right side or direction.

Examples:

"The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop."
Right as a noun:

The right hand.
Right as a noun (politics):

The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.

Examples:

"The political right holds too much power."
Right as a noun:

The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.

Right as a verb (transitive):

To correct.

Examples:

"'Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible."
Right as a verb (transitive):

To set upright.

Examples:

"The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile."
Right as a verb (intransitive):

To return to normal upright position.

Examples:

"When the wind died down, the ship righted."
Right as a verb (transitive):

To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

Examples:

"to right the oppressed"

So as an adverb:

To the (explicitly stated) extent that.

Examples:

"It was so hot outside that all the plants died.&emsp; nowrap He was so good, they hired him on the spot."
So as an adverb (informal):

To the (implied) extent. Very (positive clause). Very (negative clause). Very much.

Examples:

"I need a piece of cloth so long. [= ''this'' long]"

"He is so good!"

"It’s not so bad. [i.e. it's acceptable]"

"But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!&emsp; That is so nowrap not true!"
So as an adverb:

In a particular manner.

Examples:

"Place the napkin on the table just so. If that's what you mean, then say so; (or do so)."
So as an adverb:

In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.

Examples:

"Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine.&emsp; nowrap Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so.&emsp; nowrap "I can count backwards from one hundred." "So can I."
So as an adverb:

To such an extent or degree; as.

Examples:

"'so far as;&emsp; so long as;&emsp; so much as"

So as an adjective:

True, accurate.

Examples:

"That is so.&emsp; nowrap You are responsible for this, is that not so?"
So as an adjective:

In that state or manner; with that attribute.
So as an adjective (dated, UK, slang):

Homosexual.

Examples:

"Is he so?"

So as a pronoun:

So as a noun (music):

A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.

So as a noun (foods):

A type of dairy product made in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries.

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