Allay vs Disburden - What's the difference?

Allay is a related term of disburden.

In lang=en terms the difference between allay and disburden

is that allay is to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate while disburden is to free from a source of mental trouble.

As verbs the difference between allay and disburden

is that allay is to make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm while disburden is to rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload.

As a noun allay

is alleviation; abatement; check.

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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disburden

English

Verb

(en verb)

To rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload.

to disburden a pack animal

To free from a source of mental trouble.

* Feltham

He did it to disburden a conscience.

* Hammond

My meditations will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened .