Difference between Alleviate and Assuage

ALLEVIATE vs ASSUAGE: VERB

Provide physical relief, as from pain
Satisfy (thirst)
Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).
To pacify or soothe (someone).
(obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

To lessen or reduce.
To make (pain, for example) less intense or more bearable: : relieve.
To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; ; -- opposed to aggravate.
To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
To extenuate; to palliate.

To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.
To appease or calm.
To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).
To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe: : relieve.

Synonyms Alleviate, Relieve, Mitigate, Assuage, Allay, diminish, soften, abate, qualify, reduce. See allay. Where these words are applied to pain, etc., alleviate is to lighten somewhat, and especially in a soothing way; relieve and allay go further than alleviate, removing in large measure or altogether. Mitigate is to make mild, less severe; perhaps it stands midway between alleviate and relieve. Assuage is to calm down, and that idea underlies all its uses; allay conveys similarly the idea of putting to rest.
To represent as less; lessen the magnitude or heinousness of; extenuate: applied to moral conduct: as, to alleviate an offense.
To make light, in a figurative sense; remove in part; lessen, mitigate, or make easier to be endured: as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, punishment, burdens, etc.: opposed to aggravate.

To soften, in a figurative sense; allay; mitigate, ease, or lessen, as pain or grief; moderate; appease or pacify, as passion or tumult.
Synonyms Alleviate, Relieve, Mitigate, etc. (see alleviate); to appease, mollify, temper (see lists under alleviate and allay).
To abate or subside; grow less: as, “let thin hert assuage,” Gower; “the waters asswaged,”
Gain the good will of

Remedy, Solve, Counteract, Reduce, Minimize, Relieving, Allay, Mitigate, Lessen, Ameliorate, Facilitate, Palliate, Assuage, Ease, Relieve

Soothe, Gruntle, Lenify, Gentle, Conciliate, Palliate, Slake, Quench, Relieve, Alleviate, Pacify, Appease, Mollify, Placate, Allay

Remedy, Solve, Counteract, Reduce, Minimize, Relieving, Allay, Mitigate, Lessen, Ameliorate, Facilitate, Palliate, Assuage, Ease, Relieve

Satisfy, Quell, Dispel, Soothe, Lenify, Gentle, Conciliate, Palliate, Quench, Relieve, Pacify, Appease, Mollify, Placate, Allay

RIGHT NOW to alleviate the plastics pollution problem?
Being prepared helped alleviate some of my anxiety.
Disenrollment will eliminate or materially alleviate the condition.
What happens when the situation is alleviate it.
Some academic centers are merging to alleviate problems.
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They alleviate drug resistance and improve therapeutic efficacy.
Yet, treatment can alleviate symptoms in most cases.
It is good to help alleviate suffering, that is, to help alleviate effects.
For example, your cat helps alleviate your insomnia, while your dog helps alleviate your anxiety and stress.

When is a negative outcome sufficient to assuage patient concerns about cognitive dysfunction?
How did Xavier and Magneto try to assuage her fears?
How many answers are there to the assuage crossword puzzle?
What did Augustine finally do to assuage his grief?