different between conciliate vs hush

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin concili?tus, perfect passive participle of concili? (“I unite”), from concilium (“council, meeting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n?s?lie?t/

Verb

conciliate (third-person singular simple present conciliates, present participle conciliating, simple past and past participle conciliated)

1. (transitive) To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate.
2. (intransitive) To mediate in a dispute.

Derived terms

• conciliatory

Related terms

• conciliation
• council
• reconcile, reconciliate

Translations

Italian

Verb

conciliate

1. second-person plural present indicative of conciliare
2. second-person plural imperative of conciliare
3. second-person plural present subjunctive of conciliare
4. feminine plural of conciliato

Latin

Verb

concili?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of concili?

English

Etymology

From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”), and maybe Albanian hesht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??/, /h??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

hush (third-person singular simple present hushes, present participle hushing, simple past and past participle hushed)

1. (intransitive) To become quiet.
2. (transitive) To make quiet.
3. (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
   • 1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv'd

     Wilt thou, then, Hush my cares?

   • And hush'd my deepest grief of all.

4. (transitive) To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.

Translations

Noun

hush (uncountable)

1. A silence, especially after some noise
2. A mining method using water

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Huhs

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English hush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??/
• Hyphenation: hush

Interjection

hush

1. there, there (calm somebody)

Verb

hush

1. be quiet