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Ameliorate vs Conducive - What's the difference?

ameliorate | conducive |

As a verb ameliorate

is to make better, to improve.

As an adjective conducive is

tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.

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

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * deteriorate * worsen

    conducive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
    • A small, dark kitchen is not conducive to elaborate cooking.

    Antonyms

    * inconducive * unconducive

    See also

    * conduce