As verbs the difference between placates and placated
is that placates is (placate) while placated is (placate).
placates
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