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Moderate vs Anaesthetise - What's the difference?

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Moderate is a related term of anaesthetise.


As verbs the difference between moderate and anaesthetise

is that moderate is to reduce the excessiveness of (something) while anaesthetise is .

As an adjective moderate

is not excessive; acting in moderation.

As a noun moderate

is one who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.

moderate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not excessive; acting in moderation
    • moderate language
    a moderate Calvinist
    travelling at a moderate speed
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • A number of moderate members managed to obtain a majority in a thin house.
  • Mediocre
  • Average priced; standard-deal
  • Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
    • a moderate winter
  • * Walter
    • moderate showers
  • (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.

    • Derived terms

    * moderately * moderateness

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Noun

    (wikipedia moderate) (en noun)
  • One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
    • ''While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so
    The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.

    Verb

    (moderat)
  • To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
    • to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water.
  • * Spenser
    • To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.
  • To become less excessive
  • To preside over (something) as a moderator
    • to moderate a synod
  • To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise

    • Synonyms

    * (reduce excesses ) temperate * (preside ) arbitrate, chair

    Derived terms

    * moderation * moderating

    Related terms

    * modal * modality * mode * model * moderator * module

    References

    * * English heteronyms ----

    anaesthetise

    English

    Verb

    (anaesthetis)
  • * 1905 , William Gilman Thompson, Practical dietetics: With Special Reference to Diet in Diseases , page 524:
    • The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2- or 4-per-cent solution of cocain, or, as Stewart recommends, by allowing the patient to swallow a few drops of the solution, to anaesthetise the oesophagus.
  • * 2007 , Linda Davies, Into the Fire , Twenty First Century Publishers Ltd., page 84:
    • But now she was freed of the daily slavery of the office, and she no longer needed to drink to accompany Roddy, or to anaesthetise herself to his friends.