Appeased vs Pacify - What's the difference?
appeased | pacify |
(appease)
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
To appease (someone).
As verbs the difference between appeased and pacify
is that appeased is (appease) while pacify is to bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.appeased
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(head)appease
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(appeas)- to appease the tumult of the ocean
- `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!'
- They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.