Difference between Assuage and Relieve

ASSUAGE vs RELIEVE: VERB

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

To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).
To appease or calm.
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 make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe: : relieve.

To rescue from siege.
To cause a lessening or alleviation of.
To make less tedious, monotonous, or unpleasant.
To free from pain, anxiety, or distress.
To furnish assistance or aid to.
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.
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 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.
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
To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
To make prominent or effective by contrast; set off.
To enter the game as a relief pitcher after (another pitcher).
To free from a specified duty by providing or acting as a substitute.
To rob or deprive.
To release (a person) from an obligation, restriction, or burden.

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

To lift up; set up a second time; hence, to collect; assemble.
To remove, wholly or partially, as anything that depresses, weighs down, pains, oppresses, etc.; mitigate; alleviate; lessen.
To free, wholly or partly, from pain, grief, want, anxiety, trouble, encumbrance, or anything that is considered to be an evil; give ease, comfort, or consolation to; help; aid; support; succor: as, to relieve the poor and needy.
Specifically, to bring efficient help to (a besieged place); raise the siege of.
To release from a post, station, task, or duty by substituting another person or party; put another in the place of, or take the place of, in the performance of any duty, the bearing of any burden, or the like: as, to relieve a sentinel or guard.
To ease of any burden, wrong, or oppression by judicial or legislative interposition, by indemnification for losses, or the like; right.
To give assistance to; support.
To mitigate; lessen; soften.
To give relief or prominence to, literally or figuratively; hence, to give contrast to; heighten the effect or interest of, by contrast or variety.
Synonyms Mitigate. Assuage, etc. (see alleviate); diminish, lighten.
To rise; arise.
(idiom) (relieve (oneself)) To urinate or defecate.

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

Let off, Still, Free, Excuse, Exempt, Deliver, Salvage, Save, Palliate, Salve, Remedy, Allay, Assuage, Ease, Alleviate

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

Lessen, Take over, Let off, Still, Free, Excuse, Exempt, Salvage, Save, Palliate, Salve, Remedy, Allay, Assuage, Ease

Treatment necessary either to control or relieve symptoms.
Open all service valves and relieve system pressure.
Celestite can relieve stress, anxiety and obsessive behaviours.
Management will not even come and relieve you!
ASEAN to relieve stress and build unit cohesion.
Have you taken any medication to relieve pain?
ASAIHSr forces can relieve the Red Army troops.
ADVAIR DISKUS does not relieve sudden breathing problems.
Moreover, it will relieve some of the stress.
Use nutmeg to relieve pain, soothe indigestion, relieve insomnia, and improve brain function.

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?