Ease vs. Peace — What's the Difference?

The condition of being comfortable or relieved.

Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups.

Freedom from pain, worry, or agitation

The absence of war or other hostilities.

Freedom from constraint or embarrassment; naturalness.

An agreement or a treaty to end hostilities

Freedom from difficulty, hardship, or effort

Freedom from quarrels and disagreement; harmonious relations

Readiness or dexterity in performance; facility

Public security and order

Freedom from financial difficulty; affluence

Inner contentment; serenity

A state of rest, relaxation, or leisure

Used as a greeting, a farewell, or a request for silence.

To free from pain, worry, or agitation

A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

To lessen the discomfort or pain of

A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.

To alleviate; assuage

Harmony in personal relations.

To give respite from

A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.

To slacken the strain, pressure, or tension of; loosen

(archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.

To reduce the difficulty or trouble of

(slang) Peace out; goodbye.

To move or maneuver slowly and carefully

To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.

To lessen, as in discomfort, pressure, or stress

(slang) To peace out.

To move or proceed with little effort

A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose

Ability, the means to do something, particularly:

To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.

Skill, dexterity, facility.

The state prevailing during the absence of war

Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:

Harmonious relations; freedom from disputes;

Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes idleness, sloth.

The absence of mental stress or anxiety

Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes indifference.

The general security of public places;

Freedom from difficulty.

A treaty to cease hostilities;

Freedom from effort, leisure, rest.

Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.

Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.

Relief, an end to discomfort, particularly:

Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.

Release from intestinal discomfort: defecation.

Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.

(clothing) Additional space provided to allow greater movement.

(obsolete) A convenience; a luxury.

(obsolete) A relief; an easement.

(transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.

(transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).

(transitive) To give respite to (someone).

To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.

(transitive) To reduce the difficulty of (something).

(transitive) To move (something) slowly and carefully.

(intransitive) To lessen in intensity.

(intransitive) To proceed with little effort.

Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.

Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.

Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; - said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.

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.

To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.

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.

To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.

Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort;

A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state;

The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress);

Freedom from constraint or embarrassment;

Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);

Move gently or carefully;

Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate;

Make easier;

Lessen the intensity of or calm;