different between restorative vs palliative
restorative
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???st???t?v/
- Hyphenation: re?stora?tive
Adjective
restorative
- Serving to restore.
- After a long day working in the fields Clarence took comfort in a restorative pint of beer.
Translations
Noun
restorative (plural restoratives)
- Something with restoring properties.
- (euphemistic) An alcoholic drink, especially with tonic.
References
- OED2
Anagrams
- arse over tit
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palliative
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)
- Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
- (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)
- (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
- feminine singular of palliatif
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
palliative
- inflection of palliativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
palliative
- feminine plural of palliativo
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