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apologise vs mitigate

mitigate vs apologise

apologise and mitigate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
apologise No No Yes No
mitigate No No Yes No
As verbs, mitigate is a hyponym of apologise; that is, mitigate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than apologise:
  • apologise: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
  • mitigate: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Other hyponyms of apologise include color, colour, gloss, plead, extenuate, palliate.
apologise (verb) mitigate (verb)
acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing to temper
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Difference between apologise and mitigate

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