Allay vs Curt - What's the difference?

allay | curt |

As a verb allay

is to make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

As a noun allay

is alleviation; abatement; check.

As a proper noun curt is

a short form of the male given name curtis.

allay

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)

To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

to allay popular excitement

to allay the tumult of the passions

To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity

(obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark IV:

And the wynde alayed , and there folowed a greate calme: and he sayde unto them: why are ye fearfull?

* Shakespeare

When the rage allays .

(archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

(Fuller)

Quotations

He had to pretend to be drunk in order to allay the suspicions which might have been aroused by his appearance at the gate.
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in A Study in Scarlet

Synonyms

* alleviate; check; repress; assuage; appease; abate; subdue; destroy; compose; soothe; calm; quiet

Noun

alleviation; abatement; check

References

Anagrams

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curt

English

Adjective

(er)

Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.

Short or concise.

Synonyms

* (terse to the point of being rude) abrupt, blunt, brusque

Derived terms

* curtly * curtness * curtail

Anagrams

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