different between placatively vs placative

English

placative +? -ly

placatively (comparative more placatively, superlative most placatively)

In a manner that placates or pacifies.
- 1916, Booth Tarkington, Seventeen, ch. 29:
  "All right," she said, placatively. "I didn't mean to bother you, dear."

placate +? -ive

placative (comparative more placative, superlative most placative)

(chiefly US) That placates; pacifying.
- 1914, Booth Tarkington, Penrod, ch. 21:
  Penrod's answer, like the look he lifted to the impressive stranger, was meek and placative.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 64:
  Temple entered the dining-room from the kitchen, her face fixed in a cringing, placative expression [...].

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