Difference between Lessen and Alleviate

LESSEN vs ALLEVIATE: VERB

To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade

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

To come to appear less from increase of distance.
To make less; diminish; reduce in number, size, degree, or quality.
To degrade; reduce in dignity; depreciate; disparage.
To cause to appear less from increase of distance; specifically, in falconry, to soar above or beyond.
To become less; contract in bulk, quantity, number, or amount; decrease; diminish; shrink.
Make become smaller

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.

Curtail, Ease, Soften, Ameliorate, Reducing, Relieve, Alleviate, Mitigate, Reduce, Minimize, Minify, Fall, Subside, Decrease, Diminish

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

Attenuate, Dampen, Curb, Curtail, Ease, Soften, Ameliorate, Reducing, Relieve, Mitigate, Reduce, Minimize, Fall, Decrease, Diminish

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

It will only lessen their opinion of you.
This will lessen the impact on their employment.
Lessen, reduce, decrease, abate, subside, shorten, dwarf, retrench.
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CSL testing which could lessen the shaft capacity.
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Solar energy can always help lessen electricity costs.
This may lessen the tediousness of long trip.
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These medicines can lessen or stop hallucinations, help patients distinguish between reality and the imaginary, and lessen feelings of confusion.

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.
They adopt different strategies to alleviate filter degeneracy.
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.