Assuage vs. Placate

Assuageverb

(transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).

Assuageverb

(transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).

Assuageverb

To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

Assuageverb

To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.

Assuageverb

To abate or subside.

Assuageverb

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;

Assuageverb

satisfy (thirst);

Assuageverb

provide physical relief, as from pain;

Assuageverb

make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

Assuageverb

satisfy (an appetite or desire)

Placateverb

(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate.

Placatenoun

Same as Placard, 4 & 5.

Placateverb

To appease; to pacify; to concilate.

Placateverb

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;

Placateverb

make (someone) less angry or hostile