different between pacify vs disburden

English

Etymology

From Middle French pacifier, from Latin p?x (“peace”) + verb faci? (“I do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?pæs?fa?/, /?pæs?fa?/

Verb

pacify (third-person singular simple present pacifies, present participle pacifying, simple past and past participle pacified)

1. (transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
2. (transitive) To appease (someone).

Synonyms

• allay
• locarnize

Derived terms

• pacifier

Related terms

Translations

English

Etymology

dis- +? burden

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?b??(?)d?n/

Verb

disburden (third-person singular simple present disburdens, present participle disburdening, simple past and past participle disburdened)

1. (transitive) To rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload.

   to disburden a pack animal

2. (transitive) To free from a source of mental trouble.
   • 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume I, Book I, Chapter XVII, page 295

     Romola's heart swelled again, so that she was forced to break off. But the need she felt to disburden her mind to Tito urged her to repress the rising anguish.

   • 1677, Owen Feltham, Of Improving by Good Examples

     He did it to disburden a conscience.

   • 1650, Henry Hammond, Of the reasonableness of Christian religion

     My meditations […] will, I hope, be more […] calm, being thus disburdened.

Related terms

• unburden

Anagrams

• underbids