Conciliate vs Soothe - What's the difference?
conciliate | soothe | Related terms |
Make calm and content; placate.
Mediate in a dispute.
(obsolete) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
(obsolete) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
(obsolete) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.
To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Andros Townsend calms England's nerves in taming of Montenegro'' (in ''The Guardian , 11 October 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/11/england-montenegro-world-cup-qualifier]
To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
(rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
To calm or placate someone or some situation.
To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
To bring comfort or relief.
Conciliate is a related term of soothe.
As verbs the difference between conciliate and soothe
is that conciliate is make calm and content; placate while soothe is (obsolete) to prove true; verify; confirm as true.conciliate
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(conciliat)Quotations
* 1759 – ,Theory of Moral Sentiments, page 337 *: Frankness and openness conciliate confidence.
Derived terms
* conciliatorysoothe
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(sooth)- Yet Wayne Rooney scored at a good time, three minutes after the restart, to soothe any gathering nerves and the night can ultimately be chalked off as one of the finest occasions of Hodgson's 17 months in the job.