Allay vs Lull - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between allay and lull

is that allay is to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate while lull is to cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

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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lull

English

Noun

(en noun)

A period of rest or soothing

(nautical) a period without waves or wind.

(surfing) An extended pause between sets of waves.

About 2 hours in, a long lull cleared everyone out, and then it started getting a little more consistent and pushing chest ta neck high — 808surfer.com forum [http://www.808surfer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5611&sid=89085fc4ffa26528388fbcce5f7faf50]

Verb

(en verb)

To .

* Spenser

to lull him soft asleep

* Milton

Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, / To lull the daughters of necessity.

To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

The storm lulled .

Synonyms

* (To cause to rest) appease