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Augment vs Ameliorate - What's the difference?

augment | ameliorate |

In transitive terms the difference between augment and ameliorate

is that augment is to increase; to make larger or supplement while ameliorate is to make better, to improve.

As a noun augment

is in some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.

augment

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To increase; to make larger or supplement.
    • The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
  • (reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
  • (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
  • (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
  • (grammar) To add an augment to.

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.

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    ameliorate

    English

    Verb

    (ameliorat)
  • To make better, to improve.
    • They offered some compromises in an effort to ameliorate the situation.
  • * Macaulay
    • In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition.

    Related terms

    * amelioration * ameliorative * ameliorable * inameliorable * meliorate

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    Antonyms

    * deteriorate * worsen