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Pleased vs Appeased - What's the difference?

pleased | appeased |

As verbs the difference between pleased and appeased

is that pleased is (please) while appeased is (appease).

As an adjective pleased

is happy, content.

pleased

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • happy, content

    • Synonyms

    * content * happy * satisfied

    Verb

    (head)
  • (please)

    • Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    appeased

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (appease)

    • 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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