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Appease vs Hushing - What's the difference?

appease | hushing |

As verbs the difference between appease and hushing

is that appease is to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred) while hushing is .

As a noun hushing is

the use of a heavy discharge of water to uncover a mineral vein or wash ore.

appease

English

Verb

(appeas)
  • To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
    • to appease the tumult of the ocean
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
    • `First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet. It is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!'
  • To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
    • They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.

    Synonyms

    * (reduce to a state of peace) calm, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, still, lull * (come to terms with) mollify, propitiate

    Antonyms

    * antagonize

    Derived terms

    () * appeaser * appeasement * appeasatory

    External links

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    hushing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The use of a heavy discharge of water to uncover a mineral vein or wash ore.

    • Verb

    (head)