Obviate vs. Alleviate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Obviate and Alleviate
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Definitions
Obviate➦
Remove (a need or difficulty)
The presence of roller blinds obviated the need for curtains
Alleviate➦
Make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe
Measures to alleviate unemployment
He couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it
Obviate➦
To keep from happening or render unnecessary.
Alleviate➦
To make (pain, for example) less intense or more bearable
A drug that alleviates cold symptoms.
Obviate➦
(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required).
Alleviate➦
To lessen or reduce
Alleviate unemployment.
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Obviate➦
(transitive) To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation).
Alleviate➦
(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty .
Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.
Alleviate his pain
Obviate➦
(linguistics) obviative
Alleviate➦
To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense.
Those large bladders . . . conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds].
Obviate➦
(linguistics) obviative
Alleviate➦
To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; - opposed to aggravate.
The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters.
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Obviate➦
To meet in the way.
Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different religion.
Alleviate➦
To extenuate; to palliate.
He alleviates his fault by an excuse.
Obviate➦
To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going.
To lay down everything in its full light, so as to obviate all exceptions.
Alleviate➦
Provide physical relief, as from pain;
This pill will relieve your headaches
Obviate➦
Do away with
Alleviate➦
Make easier;
You could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
Obviate➦
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening;
Let's avoid a confrontation
Head off a confrontation
Avert a strike
