Difference between Still and Relieve

What is the difference between Still and Relieve?

Still as a verb is to calm down, to quiet while Relieve as a verb is to lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

Still

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not moving; calm Still having the stated quality

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to calm down, to quiet

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A period of calm or silence. A non-moving photograph. (The term is generally used only when it is necessary to distinguish from movies.) A resident of the Falkland Islands. a device for distilling liquids. a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee. the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee separate from main kitchen.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Up to a time, as in the preceding time. to an even greater degree. nevertheless

Example sentence: Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Relieve

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town.To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty.To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.

Example sentence: Fortunately, I don't get that stressed. So I don't really need to relieve it.

We hope you now know whether to use Still or Relieve in your sentence.

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