Ease and Soften

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Ease

Ease verb - To make more bearable or less severe.

Usage example: grandmother's firm belief that there are few ailments that chicken soup won't ease

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Soften is a synonym for ease in action topic. In some cases you can use "Soften" instead a verb "Ease", when it comes to topics like abate, relieve, alleviate.

Nearby Words: easy, eased, easing, easeful, easiness

Soften

Soften verb - To lessen the shock of.

Usage example: had tried to soften the blow of her rejection to his marriage proposal

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Ease is a synonym for soften in action topic. You can use "Ease" instead a verb "Soften", if it concerns topics such as calm, abate, lessen, alleviate.

Nearby Words: soft, softness, softly, softening, softy

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Common collocations

life	ease life	soften life
impact	ease impact	soften impact
nature	ease nature	soften nature
death	ease death	soften death
Other words: bit, difficulty, pain, horror.

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