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Appease vs Reassure - What's the difference?

appease | reassure |

As verbs the difference between appease and reassure

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

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

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    reassure

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
  • To reinsure.

    • Related terms

    * reassurance

    References

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    Anagrams

    * English words prefixed with re-