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Alleviate vs Concession - What's the difference?

alleviate | concession |

As verbs the difference between alleviate and concession

is that alleviate is to make less severe, as a pain or difficulty while concession is to grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.

As a noun concession is

the act of conceding, especially that of defeat.

alleviate

English

Verb

  • To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.
  • Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.

    Synonyms

    * address, allay, ameliorate, assuage, ease, mitigate, relieve

    concession

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of conceding, especially that of defeat
  • something, such as an argument, that is conceded or admitted to be wrong
  • (rhetoric) Admitting a point to strengthen one's overall case.
  • the grant of some land to be used for a specified purpose
  • (chiefly, US) a contract to operate a small business as a subsidiary of a larger company, or within the premises of some institution; the business itself and the space from which it operates
  • (Canada) In Ontario, a small road between tracts of farmland.
  • Derived terms

    * concessioner

    See also

    * paromologia * paromology

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
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