Alleviate vs. Attenuate

Alleviateverb

(transitive) To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.

Alleviateverb

To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.

Alleviateverb

To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; - opposed to aggravate.

Alleviateverb

To extenuate; to palliate.

Alleviateverb

provide physical relief, as from pain;

Alleviateverb

make easier;

Alleviateverb

make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe

Attenuateverb

(transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.

Attenuateverb

(transitive) To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.

Attenuateverb

(intransitive) To become thin or fine; to grow less.

Attenuateverb

(transitive) To weaken.

Attenuateverb

(transitive) To rarefy.

Attenuateverb

To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.

Attenuateverb

To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.

Attenuateverb

(brewing) of a beer To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.

Attenuateadjective

Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.

Attenuateverb

To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.

Attenuateverb

To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts.

Attenuateverb

To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.

Attenuateverb

To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.

Attenuateadjective

Made thin or slender.

Attenuateadjective

Made thin or less viscid; rarefied.

Attenuateverb

weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

Attenuateverb

become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

Attenuateadjective

reduced in strength;