Ameliorate vs. Solve — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ameliorate and Solve
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Ameliorate
Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better
The reform did much to ameliorate living standards
Solve
To find an answer to, explanation for, or way of dealing with (a problem, for example).
Ameliorate
To make or become better; improve
Volunteers were able to ameliorate conditions in the refugee camp. Conditions are ameliorating.
Solve
To solve an equation
Insert the values of the constants and solve for x.
Ameliorate
(transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.
They offered some compromises in an effort to ameliorate the situation.
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Solve
To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
Ameliorate
(intransitive) To become better; improve.
Solve
To find out the perpetrator, the motive etc of crime
To solve a murder
To solve a crime
Ameliorate
To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition.
Solve
(mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
Ameliorate
To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
Solve
(mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
Ameliorate
To make better;
The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
Solve
(transitive) To loosen or separate the parts of.
Ameliorate
Get better;
The weather improved toward evening
Solve
A solution; an explanation.
Solve
To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a problem.
True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.
Solve
A solution; an explanation.
Solve
Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of;
Did you solve the problem?
Work out your problems with the boss
This unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out
Did you get it?
Did you get my meaning?
He could not work the math problem
Solve
Find the solution;
Solve an equation
Solve for x
Solve
Settle, as of a debt;
Clear a debt
Solve an old debt
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