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Pacifying vs Placative - What's the difference?

pacifying | placative |

As a verb pacifying

is .

As an adjective placative is

that placates; pacifying.

pacifying

English

Verb

(head)

    • placative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That placates; pacifying.
  • * 1914 , , Penrod , ch. 21:
    • Penrod's answer, like the look he lifted to the impressive stranger, was meek and placative .
  • *1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 64:
  • *:Temple entered the dining-room from the kitchen, her face fixed in a cringing, placative expression [...].

    • Synonyms

    * placatory

    Derived terms

    * placatively