Consolate vs Alleviate - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between consolate and alleviate

is that consolate is (obsolete) to console; to comfort while alleviate is to make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.

(consolat)

(obsolete) To console; to comfort.

(Shakespeare)

(Webster 1913) ----

To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.

Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.

* address, allay, ameliorate, assuage, ease, mitigate, relieve