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tranquillize vs placate

placate vs tranquillize

tranquillize and placate both are verbs.

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