Difference between Allay and Assuage

What is the difference between Allay and Assuage?

Allay as a verb is to make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm. while Assuage as a verb is to lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).

Allay

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

Assuage

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).To pacify or soothe (someone).To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

We hope you now know whether to use Allay or Assuage in your sentence.

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