Mitigate vs Sooth - What's the difference?
mitigate | sooth |
To reduce, lessen, or decrease.
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* 1901 — , ch 7
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To downplay.
(archaic) Truth.
* (Merchant of Venice , Act I, Scene 1)
* Longfellow
(obsolete) augury; prognostication
* Spenser
(obsolete) blandishment; cajolery
(obsolete) reality; fact
(archaic) True.
* Spenser
(obsolete) Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
* Milton
* Keats
As a verb mitigate
is to reduce, lessen, or decrease.As a noun sooth is
(archaic) truth.As an adjective sooth is
(archaic) true.mitigate
English
Verb
(mitigat)- Measures are pursuing to prevent or mitigate the usual consequences of such outrages, and with the hope of their succeeding at least to avert general hostility.
- But in yielding to it the retaliation has been mitigated as much as possible, both in its extent and in its character...
- Then they tell us that vaccination will mitigate the disease that it will make it milder.
- Then I discovered the brilliance of the landscape around was mitigated by blue spectacles.
- The plague had not been kind to him, yet had left him this small furry thing to mitigate his sorrow; and when one is very young, one can find great relief in the lively antics of a black kitten.
Synonyms
* (to reduce or lessen) check, diminish, ease, lighten, mollify, pacify, palliateAntonyms
* (to reduce or lessen) aggrandize, aggravate, exacerbate, incite, increase, intensify, irritate, worsenCoordinate terms
* (l)sooth
English
Noun
(-)- In sooth , I know not why I am so sad.
- In good sooth , / Its mystery is love, its meaning youth.
- The sooth of birds, by beating of their wings.
Derived terms
* soothsayer * soothsaying * soothfast * forsoothAdjective
(er)- That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.
- the soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains
- with jellies soother than the creamy curd
