Difference between Assuage and Allay

ASSUAGE vs ALLAY: NOUN

The act or process of alloying; an alloy.
Figuratively, admixture, especially of something inferior.
Mixture; dilution.
In hunting, the act of laying on the hounds; the addition of fresh hounds to the cry.
Alloy.
Alleviation; abatement; check.
That which allays, lightens, or alleviates.

Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Provide physical relief, as from pain
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.
Satisfy (thirst)

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.

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

To lay down; cause to lie; lay: as, to allay the dust.
To lay aside; set aside; suppress; annul.
To put down; humble; overthrow.
To put down; quiet; assuage; pacify, appease, calm, as a commotion of the elements, or, figuratively, civil commotions, mental excitement, or an agitated person.
Synonyms Alleviate, Relieve, Mitigate, Assuage, Allay (see alleviate), calm, quiet, soothe, compose, still, lull, tranquilize, check, repress, soften, ease, moderate.
To abate; subside; grow calm.
To mix, as metals; especially, to mix a nobler with a baser metal; alloy. See alloy, v., I.
Figuratively, to mix with something inferior; contaminate or detract from.
To temper; abate or weaken by mixture; dilute, as wine with water; weaken; diminish.
To cite; quote; allege.
To abate, mitigate, or subdue; relieve or alleviate: as, to allay misery or pain; to allay the bitterness of affliction.

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

Defuse, Appease, Reassure, Alleviate, Placate, Mollify, Soothe, Quell, Dispel, Still, Slake, Quench, Relieve, Ease, Assuage

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

Dampen, Pacify, Defuse, Appease, Reassure, Placate, Mollify, Soothe, Quell, Dispel, Still, Quench, Relieve, Ease, Assuage

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