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Ease vs. Lessen — What's the Difference?

Ease vs. Lessen — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Ease and Lessen

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Ease

The condition of being comfortable or relieved.

Lessen

To make less; reduce.

Ease

Freedom from pain, worry, or agitation
Her mind was at ease knowing that the children were safe.

Lessen

(Archaic) To make little of; belittle.

Ease

Freedom from constraint or embarrassment; naturalness.
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Lessen

To become less; decrease
Interest that lessened as the lecture continued.

Ease

Freedom from difficulty, hardship, or effort
Rose through the ranks with apparent ease.

Lessen

(transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.

Ease

Readiness or dexterity in performance; facility
A pianist who played the sonata with ease.

Lessen

(intransitive) To become less.

Ease

Freedom from financial difficulty; affluence
A life of luxury and ease.

Lessen

Unless.

Ease

A state of rest, relaxation, or leisure
He took his ease by the pond.

Lessen

To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment.
St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it.

Ease

To free from pain, worry, or agitation
Eased his conscience by returning the stolen money.

Lessen

To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.
The objection lessens much, and comes to no more than this: there was one witness of no good reputation.

Ease

To lessen the discomfort or pain of
Shifted position to ease her back.

Lessen

Decrease in size, extent, or range;
The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
The cabin pressure fell dramatically
Her weight fall to under a hundred pounds
His voice fell to a whisper

Ease

To alleviate; assuage
Prescribed a drug to ease the pain.

Lessen

Make smaller;
He decreased his staff

Ease

To give respite from
Eased the staff's burden by hiring more people.

Lessen

Wear off or die down;
The pain subsided

Ease

To slacken the strain, pressure, or tension of; loosen
Ease off a cable.

Ease

To reduce the difficulty or trouble of
Eased the entrance requirements.

Ease

To move or maneuver slowly and carefully
Eased the car into a narrow space.
Eased the director out of office.

Ease

To lessen, as in discomfort, pressure, or stress
Pain that never eased.

Ease

To move or proceed with little effort
Eased through life doing as little as possible.

Ease

Ability, the means to do something, particularly:

Ease

Skill, dexterity, facility.
He played the ukelele with ease.

Ease

Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:

Ease

Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes idleness, sloth.
She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.

Ease

Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes indifference.
The pension set her mind at ease.

Ease

Freedom from difficulty.
He passed all the exams with ease.

Ease

Freedom from effort, leisure, rest.
We took our ease on the patio.

Ease

Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
His inheritance catapulted him into a life of ease.

Ease

Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.
She dealt with the faculty with combined authority and ease.

Ease

Relief, an end to discomfort, particularly:

Ease

Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
Take one pill every 12 hours to provide ease from pain.

Ease

Release from intestinal discomfort: defecation.

Ease

Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.
At ease, soldier!

Ease

(clothing) Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
Add some ease to the waist measurement.

Ease

(obsolete) A convenience; a luxury.

Ease

(obsolete) A relief; an easement.

Ease

(transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
He eased his conscience by confessing.

Ease

(transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
He loosened his shoe to ease the pain.
His words of comfort eased his friend's pain and distress.

Ease

(transitive) To give respite to (someone).
The provision of extra staff eased their workload.

Ease

To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
We eased the boom vang, then lowered the sail.

Ease

(transitive) To reduce the difficulty of (something).
We had to ease the entry requirements.

Ease

(transitive) To move (something) slowly and carefully.
He eased the cork from the bottle.

Ease

(intransitive) To lessen in intensity.
The pain eased overnight.

Ease

(intransitive) To proceed with little effort.
The car eased onto the motorway.

Ease

Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.
They him besoughtOf harbor and or ease as for hire penny.

Ease

Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.
Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease.
Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching.

Ease

Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.
Among these nations shalt thou find no ease.
Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Ease

Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; - said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.
Whate'er he did was done with so much ease,In him alone 't was natural to please.

Ease

To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquillity to; - often with of; as, to ease of pain; to ease the body or mind.
Eased [from] the putting offThese troublesome disguises which we wear.
Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load.

Ease

To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
My couch shall ease my complaint.

Ease

To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.

Ease

To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.

Ease

Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort;
He rose through the ranks with apparent ease
They put it into containers for ease of transportation

Ease

A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state;
A life of luxury and ease
He had all the material comforts of this world

Ease

The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress);
He enjoyed his relief from responsibility
Getting it off his conscience gave him some ease

Ease

Freedom from constraint or embarrassment;
I am never at ease with strangers

Ease

Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
Took his repose by the swimming pool

Ease

Move gently or carefully;
He eased himself into the chair

Ease

Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate;
Ease the pain in your legs

Ease

Make easier;
You could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge

Ease

Lessen the intensity of or calm;
The news eased my conscience
Still the fears

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