Soothed vs Appeased - What's the difference?
soothed | appeased |
(soothe)
(obsolete) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
(obsolete) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
(obsolete) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.
To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Andros Townsend calms England's nerves in taming of Montenegro'' (in ''The Guardian , 11 October 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/11/england-montenegro-world-cup-qualifier]
To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
(rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
To calm or placate someone or some situation.
To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
To bring comfort or relief.
(appease)
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
As verbs the difference between soothed and appeased
is that soothed is (soothe) while appeased is (appease).soothed
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(head)Anagrams
*soothe
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(sooth)- Yet Wayne Rooney scored at a good time, three minutes after the restart, to soothe any gathering nerves and the night can ultimately be chalked off as one of the finest occasions of Hodgson's 17 months in the job.
Derived terms
* soothingappeased
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(head)appease
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(appeas)- to appease the tumult of the ocean
- `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!'
- They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.