Alleviate vs Emit - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between alleviate and emit

is that alleviate is to make less severe, as a pain or difficulty while emit is .

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

(emitt)

To send out or give off.

* (l)

* emission

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