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Propitiated vs Appeased - What's the difference?

propitiated | appeased |

As verbs the difference between propitiated and appeased

is that propitiated is (propitiate) while appeased is (appease).

propitiated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (propitiate)

  • 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

    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