Placate vs Soothe - What's the difference?
placate | soothe |
To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate.
(obsolete) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
(obsolete) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
(obsolete) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.
To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Andros Townsend calms England's nerves in taming of Montenegro'' (in ''The Guardian , 11 October 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/11/england-montenegro-world-cup-qualifier]
To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
(rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
To calm or placate someone or some situation.
To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
To bring comfort or relief.
As verbs the difference between placate and soothe
is that placate is to calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate while soothe is (obsolete) to prove true; verify; confirm as true.placate
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(placat)Synonyms
* (to calm) appease, mollify, satisfyAntonyms
* (to calm) enrageDerived terms
* placater * placating * placatingly * placation * placative * placatorysoothe
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(sooth)- Yet Wayne Rooney scored at a good time, three minutes after the restart, to soothe any gathering nerves and the night can ultimately be chalked off as one of the finest occasions of Hodgson's 17 months in the job.