Liquefy vs Mollify - What's the difference?
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(physics, chemistry) To make into a liquid, either by condensing a gas or by melting a solid.
* 1878 March 12, ,
(cooking) To make into a liquid by mashing, such as by using a blender.
* 2007 , May Jideofo, Ukwa (Breadfruit Beans)'', recipe in ''Healthier Alternatives: Low Saturated Fat African Cooking and Recipes ,
To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.
* 1893 , (Henry George), The Condition of Labor: An Open Letter to Pope Leo XIII,
*:All that charity can do where injustice exists is here and there to somewhat mollify the effects of injustice.
* 1997 , A Government Reinvented: A Study of Alberta's Deficit Elimination Program,
*:The draft Charter School Handbook issued in November 1994 sought to mollify concerns over teacher quality, if not ATA membership, by requiring teacher certification.
To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of.
* 1867 , , chapter 2:
* 1916 , , chapter 5:
To soften; to make tender
* 1662 , , Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:
* 1724 , (William Burkitt), Expository Notes, with Practical Observations on the New Testament,
*:By thy kindness thou wilt melt and mollify his spirit towards thee, as hardest metals are melted by coals of fire …
Liquefy is a related term of mollify.
As verbs the difference between liquefy and mollify
is that liquefy is (physics|chemistry) to make into a liquid, either by condensing a gas or by melting a solid while mollify is to ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.liquefy
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Alternative forms
* liquifyVerb
- Faraday succeeded in liquefying' a certain number of gases by compression and refrigeration, but there still remained a number that proved absolutely refractory to the most powerful agencies; hence these gases were called ''permanent''. A retired manufacturer, who at the same time is a distinguished man of science, M. Cailletet, has subdued the permanent gases, having succeeded in ' liquefying and solidifying them.
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- Place crayfish and fresh pepper in a blender, add small water, liquefy and cook for 20 minutes or until tender.
Synonyms
* (make liquid from gas) condense * (make liquid from solid) meltSee also
* freeze * solidify * vaporizemollify
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Alternative forms
* mollifieVerb
(en-verb)p. 104:
p. 408:
- Although this invitation was accompanied with a curtsey that might have softened the heart of a church-warden, it by no means mollified the beadle.
- The angry goat was quite mollified by the respectful tone in which he was addressed.
- "Nor is it any more difficulty for him to mollifie what is hard, then it is to harden what is so soft and fluid as the Aire."
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