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Tolerate vs Appease - What's the difference?

tolerate | appease |

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)
  • To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.
    • 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) . See

    Synonyms

    * allow, bear, , endure, live with, put up with

    Related terms

    * tolerability * tolerable * tolerance * tolerant * toleration

    External links

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    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

    External links

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