different between appease vs subdue

English

Etymology

From Middle English apesen, from Old French apeser (“to pacify, bring to peace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??pi?z/
• Rhymes: -i?z

Verb

appease (third-person singular simple present appeases, present participle appeasing, simple past and past participle appeased)

1. To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).

   Synonyms: calm, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, still, lull

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21

     'First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet. It is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!'

2. To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.

   Synonyms: mollify, propitiate

Antonyms

• antagonize

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Further reading

• appease in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• appease in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• paepaes

English

Etymology

From Middle English subdewen, subduen, sodewen, from Old French souduire, from Latin subd?c? (“to draw away”), perhaps influenced by subd? (“to subdue, subject”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /s?b?du/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s?b?dju?/, /s?b?d?u?/, /s?b-/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Hyphenation: sub?due

Verb

subdue (third-person singular simple present subdues, present participle subduing, simple past and past participle subdued)

1. To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
2. To bring (a country) under control by force.

Synonyms

• underbring

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