Tranquilize vs Allay - What's the difference?
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To use a drug to sedate a person or animal.
To make something or someone tranquil; to pacify or calm.
To become tranquil; to relax.
To calm down.
To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
(obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark IV:
* Shakespeare
(archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in A Study in Scarlet alleviation; abatement; check
Tranquilize is a related term of allay.
In lang=en terms the difference between tranquilize and allay
is that tranquilize is to calm down while allay is to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.As verbs the difference between tranquilize and allay
is that tranquilize is to use a drug to sedate a person or animal while allay is to make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.As a noun allay is
alleviation; abatement; check.tranquilize
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Alternative forms
* tranquillize, tranquilise, tranquilliseVerb
Derived terms
* tranquilizer ----allay
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- to allay popular excitement
- to allay the tumult of the passions
- to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity
- And the wynde alayed , and there folowed a greate calme: and he sayde unto them: why are ye fearfull?
- When the rage allays .
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Quotations
He had to pretend to be drunk in order to allay the suspicions which might have been aroused by his appearance at the gate.—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in A Study in Scarlet
