different between anodyne vs opiate

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin an?dynos (“stilling or relieving pain”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?dunos, “free from pain”), from ??- (an-, “without”) + ????? (odún?, “pain”).

Adjective sense “noncontentious” probably through French anodin (“harmless, trivial”), of same origin.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æn.?.da?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Adjective

anodyne (comparative more anodyne, superlative most anodyne)

1. (pharmacology) capable of soothing or eliminating pain [from 16th c.]
   • 1847, Littell's Living Age, number 161, 12 June 1847, in Volume 13, page 483:

   • 1910, Edward L. Keyes, Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs, page 211:

2. (figuratively) soothing or relaxing [from 18th c.]

3. (by extension) noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate [from 20th c.]

   Synonyms: bland, inoffensive, noncontentious

   • 2003, The Guardian, 20 May 2003:

   • 2010, "Rattled", The Economist, 9 Dec 2010:

Translations

Noun

anodyne (plural anodynes)

1. (pharmacology) any medicine or other agent that relieves pain
2. (figuratively) a source of relaxation or comfort
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. VII:

   • 1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, page 79:

Translations

Derived terms

References

• anodyne in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “anodyne”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “anodyne”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• annoyed

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.n?.din/
• Homophone: anodynes

Adjective

anodyne

1. feminine singular of anodyn

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?no?.dy.ne/, [ä?no?d??n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?no.di.ne/, [??n??d?in?]

Adjective

an?dyne

1. vocative masculine singular of an?dynos or an?dynus

English

Etymology

From Middle English opiate, from Medieval Latin opi?tus.

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • (adjective, noun) enPR: ??p?-?t, IPA^(key): /???pi.?t/
  • (verb) enPR: ??p?-?t', IPA^(key): /???pi?e?t/
• (US)
  • (adjective, noun) enPR: ??p?-?t, IPA^(key): /?o?pi.?t/
  • (verb) enPR: ??p?-?t, IPA^(key): /?o?pie?t/

Adjective

opiate (not comparable)

1. Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
2. (pharmacology) Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
3. Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.

Noun

opiate (plural opiates)

1. (pharmacology) A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
2. Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.

   • They chose atheism as an opiate.

Hypernyms

• opioid

Translations

Verb

opiate (third-person singular simple present opiates, present participle opiating, simple past and past participle opiated)

1. (transitive) To treat with an opiate drug.

See also

• codeine
• morphine
• papaverine
• thebaine

Latin

Adjective

opi?te

1. vocative masculine singular of opi?tus

Lithuanian

Noun

opiate m

1. locative singular of opiatas
2. vocative singular of opiatas