different between palliative vs alleviative

English

Etymology

From Middle French palliatif, from New Latin *palliativus, from Medieval Latin palliare (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pal??t?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæli.e?t?v/, /?pæli.?t?v/

Adjective

palliative (comparative more palliative, superlative most palliative)

1. Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
2. (medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.

Related terms

• palliate
• palliation

Translations

Noun

palliative (plural palliatives)

1. (medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

   The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.

See also

• Palliative care on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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

French

Adjective

palliative

1. feminine singular of palliatif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

palliative

1. inflection of palliativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

palliative

1. feminine plural of palliativo

English

Etymology

alleviate +? -ive

Adjective

alleviative (comparative more alleviative, superlative most alleviative)

1. That alleviates pain; palliative

Noun

alleviative (plural alleviatives)

1. That which alleviates; a drug or remedy.