Appease vs. Placate — What's the Difference?

To placate or attempt to placate (a threatening nation, for example) by granting concessions, often at the expense of principle.

Make (someone) less angry or hostile

To calm, soothe, or quiet (someone)

To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease.

To satisfy, relieve, or assuage

(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).

Same as Placard, 4 & 5.

To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.

To appease; to pacify; to concilate.

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.

Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;

Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;

Overcome or allay;

Make peace with