The difference between Sore and Very

When used as adverbs, sore means very, excessively, extremely (of something bad), whereas very means to a great extent or degree.

When used as adjectives, sore means causing pain or discomfort, whereas very means true, real, actual.

Sore is also noun with the meaning: an injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

Sore is also verb with the meaning: to mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.

check bellow for the other definitions of Sore and Very

Sore as an adjective:

Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

Examples:

"Her feet were sore from walking so far."
Sore as an adjective:

Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
Sore as an adjective:

Dire; distressing.

Examples:

"The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood."
Sore as an adjective (informal):

Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.

Examples:

"Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers."
Sore as an adjective (obsolete):

Criminal; wrong; evil.

Sore as an adverb (archaic):

Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).

Examples:

"They were sore afraid.&emsp; The knight was sore wounded."
Sore as an adverb:

Sorely.

Sore as a noun:

An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

Examples:

"They put ointment and a bandage on the sore."
Sore as a noun:

Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

Sore as a verb (transitive):

To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.

Sore as a noun:

A young hawk or falcon in its first year.

Examples:

"rfquotek Edmund Spenser"
Sore as a noun:

A young buck in its fourth year.

Examples:

"rfquotek Shakespeare"

Very as an adjective:

True, real, actual.

Examples:

"The fierce hatred of a very woman.&emsp; nowrap The very blood and bone of our grammar.&emsp; nowrap He tried his very best."
Very as an adjective:

The same; identical.

Examples:

"He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.&emsp; nowrap That's the very tool that I need."
Very as an adjective:

With limiting effect: mere.

Very as an adverb:

To a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.

Examples:

"You’re drinking very slowly."

"That dress is very ''you''."
Very as an adverb:

True, truly.
Very as an adverb (with superlatives):

Examples:

"He was the very best runner there."