Palliate vs Comfort - What's the difference?
palliate | comfort | Related terms |
(obsolete) Cloaked; hidden, concealed.
(obsolete) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
* 2009 , Boris Johnson, The Evening Standard , 15 Jan 09:
(obsolete) To hide or disguise.
To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
(obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.
To placate or mollify.
* 2007 , "Looking towards a Brown future", The Guardian , 25 Jan 07:
Contentment, ease.
Something that offers comfort.
A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
A cause of relief or satisfaction.
To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
* Francis Bacon
To make comfortable. (rfex)
(obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
* Hooker
(obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.
* Shakespeare
Palliate is a related term of comfort.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between palliate and comfort
is that palliate is (obsolete) to lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify while comfort is (obsolete) to assist or help; to aid.As verbs the difference between palliate and comfort
is that palliate is to relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate while comfort is to relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.As an adjective palliate
is (obsolete) cloaked; hidden, concealed.As a noun comfort is
contentment, ease.palliate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- (Bishop Hall)
- (Bishop Fell)
Verb
(palliat)- And if there are some bankers out there who are still embarrassed by the size of their bonuses, then I propose that they palliate their guilt by giving to the Mayor's Fund for London to help deprived children in London.
- Brown's options for the machinery of Whitehall are constrained, as for all prime ministers, by the need to palliate allies and hug enemies close (John Reid, say).
References
* Paternoster, Lewis M. and Frager-Stone, Ruth. Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Growth. Second Edition. Amsco School Publications: USA. 1998. ----comfort
English
Noun
(en noun)- Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
- the comforts of home
- We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
- The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort : at least the independency was preserved.
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*Antonyms
* austerityVerb
(en verb)- Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.
- Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men.
- (Wyclif)
- God's own testimony doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.
- I cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!