Palliate vs. Placate
Difference Between Palliate and Placate
Palliate➦
To make less severe or intense; mitigate.
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Placate➦
make (someone) less angry or hostile
they attempted to placate the students with promises
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Palliate➦
To alleviate the symptoms of (a disease or disorder).
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Placate➦
To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease.
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Palliate➦
To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.
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Placate➦
(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.
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Palliate➦
To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
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Placate➦
Same as Placard, 4 & 5.
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Palliate➦
(obsolete) To hide or disguise.
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Placate➦
To appease; to pacify; to concilate.
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Palliate➦
To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
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Placate➦
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
She managed to mollify the angry customer
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Palliate➦
(obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.
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Palliate➦
To placate or mollify.
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Palliate➦
(obsolete) Cloaked; hidden, concealed.
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Palliate➦
(obsolete) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
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Palliate➦
Covered with a mantle; cloaked; hidden; disguised.
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Palliate➦
Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
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Palliate➦
To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.
Being palliated with a pilgrim's coat.
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Palliate➦
To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.
They never hide or palliate their vices.
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Palliate➦
To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease without curing; as, to palliate a disease.
To palliate dullness, and give time a shove.
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Palliate➦
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of;
The circumstances extenuate the crime
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Palliate➦
provide physical relief, as from pain;
This pill will relieve your headaches
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