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Plicates vs Placates - What's the difference?

plicates | placates |

As verbs the difference between plicates and placates

is that plicates is (plicate) while placates is (placate).

plicates

English

Verb

(head)
  • (plicate)

    • plicate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.

    • Synonyms

    * (folded) corrugated, folded, plicated

    Related terms

    * plicately

    Verb

    (plicat)
  • To fold or pleat (usually used in passive).

    • 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