Difference between Relieve and Allay

RELIEVE vs ALLAY: NOUN

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

To make prominent or effective by contrast; set off.
To rob or deprive.
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 release (a person) from an obligation, restriction, or burden.
To rescue from siege.
To furnish assistance or aid to.
To cause a lessening or alleviation of.
To free from pain, anxiety, or distress.
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 make less tedious, monotonous, or unpleasant.
To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

To rise; arise.
To give relief or prominence to, literally or figuratively; hence, to give contrast to; heighten the effect or interest of, by contrast or variety.
To mitigate; lessen; soften.
To give assistance to; support.
To ease of any burden, wrong, or oppression by judicial or legislative interposition, by indemnification for losses, or the like; right.
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.
Specifically, to bring efficient help to (a besieged place); raise the siege of.
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.
To remove, wholly or partially, as anything that depresses, weighs down, pains, oppresses, etc.; mitigate; alleviate; lessen.
To lift up; set up a second time; hence, to collect; assemble.
Synonyms Mitigate. Assuage, etc. (see alleviate); diminish, lighten.
(idiom) (relieve (oneself)) To urinate or defecate.

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 abate, mitigate, or subdue; relieve or alleviate: as, to allay misery or pain; to allay the bitterness of affliction.
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 put down; quiet; assuage; pacify, appease, calm, as a commotion of the elements, or, figuratively, civil commotions, mental excitement, or an agitated person.

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

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

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

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

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.