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tranquillize vs appease

appease vs tranquillize

tranquillize and appease both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tranquillize No No Yes No
appease No No Yes No
As verbs, appease is a hyponym of tranquillize; that is, appease is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tranquillize:
  • tranquillize: make calm or still
  • appease: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Other hyponyms of tranquillize include lull, compose, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate.
tranquillize (verb) appease (verb)
cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to make peace with
make calm or still overcome or allay
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Difference between tranquillize and appease

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