Appeased vs Reconciled - What's the difference?

appeased | reconciled |

As verbs the difference between appeased and reconciled

is that appeased is (appease) while reconciled is (reconcile).

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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reconciled

English

Verb

(head)

(reconcile)

reconcile

English

(reconciliation)

Verb

(reconcil)

To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back to harmony.

to reconcile people who have quarrelled

To make things compatible or consistent.

to reconcile differences

* Alexander Pope

Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear, / Considered singly, or beheld too near; / Which, but proportioned to their light or place, / Due distance reconciles to form and grace.

* John Locke

The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labour with affairs of state.

To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

Derived terms

* reconciliation