Conciliate vs Alleviate - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between conciliate and alleviate

is that conciliate is make calm and content; placate while alleviate is to make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.

(conciliat)

Make calm and content; placate.

Mediate in a dispute.

* 1759 – , Theory of Moral Sentiments , page 337 *: Frankness and openness conciliate confidence.

* conciliatory

To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.

Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.

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