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Appeased vs Placated - What's the difference?

appeased | placated |

As verbs the difference between appeased and placated

is that appeased is (appease) while placated is (placate).

appeased

English

Verb

(head)
  • (appease)

    • appease

    English

    Verb

    (appeas)
  • To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
    • to appease the tumult of the ocean
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
    • `First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet. It is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!'
  • To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
    • They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.

    Synonyms

    * (reduce to a state of peace) calm, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, still, lull * (come to terms with) mollify, propitiate

    Antonyms

    * antagonize

    Derived terms

    () * appeaser * appeasement * appeasatory

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    placated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (placate)

    • placate

    English

    Verb

    (placat)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (to calm) appease, mollify, satisfy

    Antonyms

    * (to calm) enrage

    Derived terms

    * placater * placating * placatingly * placation * placative * placatory

    Related terms

    * placid