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Sedate vs Anaesthetise - What's the difference?

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Sedate is a related term of anaesthetise.


As verbs the difference between sedate and anaesthetise

is that sedate is to tranquilize by giving a sedative; to calm; to soothe; to induce sleep while anaesthetise is .

As an adjective sedate

is in a composed and temperate state.

sedate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • in a composed and temperate state.

    • Verb

    (sedat)
  • to tranquilize by giving a sedative; to calm; to soothe; to induce sleep.

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    anaesthetise

    English

    Verb

    (anaesthetis)
  • * 1905 , William Gilman Thompson, Practical dietetics: With Special Reference to Diet in Diseases , page 524:
    • The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2- or 4-per-cent solution of cocain, or, as Stewart recommends, by allowing the patient to swallow a few drops of the solution, to anaesthetise the oesophagus.
  • * 2007 , Linda Davies, Into the Fire , Twenty First Century Publishers Ltd., page 84:
    • But now she was freed of the daily slavery of the office, and she no longer needed to drink to accompany Roddy, or to anaesthetise herself to his friends.