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Propitiate vs Supplicate - What's the difference?

propitiate | supplicate |

As verbs the difference between propitiate and supplicate

is that propitiate is (dated) to conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit while supplicate is to humble oneself before (another) in making a request; to beg or beseech.

propitiate

English

Verb

(propitiat)
  • (dated) To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, / The god propitiate , and the pest assuage.

    Synonyms

    * appease

    Derived terms

    * propitiation

    supplicate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To humble oneself before (another) in making a request; to beg or beseech.
  • To entreat for; to ask for earnestly and humbly.
    • to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel
  • To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
    • to supplicate the Deity
  • (Oxford University) To request that an academic degree is awarded at a ceremony.