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Ease vs Redress - What's the difference?

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Ease is a related term of redress.


As nouns the difference between ease and redress

is that ease is the state of being comfortable or free from stress while redress is the act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment or redress can be the redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.

As verbs the difference between ease and redress

is that ease is to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc while redress is to put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise or redress can be to dress again.

ease

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state of being comfortable or free from stress.
    • She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.
  • Freedom from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
    • ''His mind was at ease when he received his pension.
  • Freedom from effort, difficulty or hardship.
    • He passed all the exams with ease .
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  • Dexterity or facility.
    • He played the organ with ease .
  • Affluence and freedom from financial problems.
    • After winning the jackpot, she lived a life of luxurious ease .
  • Relaxation, rest and leisure.
    • We took our ease on the patio.
  • (clothing) Additional space to allow movement within a garment.
    • to add ease to a waist measurement

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "ease")

    Synonyms

    * (state of being comfortable or free from stress) comfort, peace * peace of mind * (dexterity or facility) dexterity, facility, skill * free time, leisure, relaxation, rest

    Derived terms

    * chapel of ease * at ease * ease of use

    Related terms

    * easy

    References

    Verb

    (eas)
  • To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
    • He eased his conscience by confessing.
  • * '>citation
    • Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.
  • To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
    • ''He loosened his shoe to ease the pain.
  • To give respite to (someone).
    • The provision of extra staff eased their workload.
  • To loosen or slacken the tension on (something).
    • We eased the rope, then lowered the sail.
  • To reduce the difficulty of (something).
    • We had to ease the entry requirements.
  • To move (something) slowly and carefully.
    • He eased the cork from the bottle.
  • To lessen in severity.
    • The pain eased overnight.
  • To proceed with little effort.
    • The car eased onto the motorway.

    Synonyms

    * assuage, salve * alleviate, assuage, lessen, reduce * give someone a break (informal), lay off (informal) * loosen, relax, slacken * simplify * (lessen in severity) lessen, reduce * (proceed with little effort) cruise

    redress

    English

    (wikipedia redress)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) redrecier and (etyl) redresser, from (re-) + .

    Verb

    (es)
  • To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
  • * Milton
    • In yonder spring of roses intermixed / With myrtle, find what to redress till noon.
  • * A. Hamilton
    • your wish that I should redress a certain paper which you had prepared
  • To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, / I doubt not but with honour to redress .
  • To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
  • * Dryden
    • 'Tis thine, O king! the afflicted to redress .
  • * Byron
    • Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye?
  • (obsolete) To put upright again; to restore.
  • * 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book X:
    • ‘Well,’ sayde Sir Palomydes, ‘than shall ye se how we shall redresse oure myghtes!’
    Derived terms
    * self-redress

    Noun

    (redresses)
  • The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
  • A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or oppression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
  • One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.

    • Etymology 2

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    Verb

    (es)
  • To dress again.
  • * 1963 , Albert J. Solnit, ?Milton J. E. Senn, ?Sally Provence, Modern perspectives in child development (page 588)
    • The teacher first undressed and redressed the doll for the child, then showed her how to pull the snaps apart. No other activity interested the little girl, and after repeated demonstrations she was still trying unsuccessfully to undress the doll.
  • To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.

    • Noun

    (redresses)
  • The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
    • This is a redress of the office set.

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms