Meliorate vs Alleviate - What's the difference?
meliorate | alleviate |
To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
* Denham
* Washington
To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.
In lang=en terms the difference between meliorate and alleviate
is that meliorate is to make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem while alleviate is to make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.As verbs the difference between meliorate and alleviate
is that meliorate is to make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem while alleviate is to make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.meliorate
English
Verb
(meliorat)- They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.
- Nature by art we nobly meliorate .
- The pure and benign light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind.
Synonyms
* See also * ameliorateDerived terms
* meliorable * meliorative * melioratoralleviate
English
Verb
- Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.
