Tolerate vs Appease - What's the difference?
tolerate | appease |
To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.
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 tolerate and appease
is that tolerate is to allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference while appease is to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).tolerate
English
Verb
(tolerat)- I like the way he plays the guitar, but I can't tolerate his voice when he sings.
- I can tolerate working on Saturdays, but not on Sundays.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeSynonyms
* allow, bear, , endure, live with, put up withExternal links
* * * ----appease
English
Verb
(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.
