Passify vs. Mollify — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Passify and Mollify
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Passify
(rare) To make or become passive.
Mollify
Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)
Nature reserves were set up around the power stations to mollify local conservationists
Mollify
To calm the anger of; soothe or appease.
Mollify
To lessen, as in intensity; assuage
A meeting to mollify concerns about traffic near the new school.
Mollify
(Archaic) To reduce the rigidity of; soften.
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Mollify
To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.
Mollify
To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of.
Mollify
To soften; to make tender
Mollify
To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.
With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts.
Mollify
To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
Mollify
Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
She managed to mollify the angry customer
Mollify
Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate;
She tempered her criticism
Mollify
Make less rigid or softer
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