Moderate vs Negotiate - What's the difference?
moderate | negotiate |
Not excessive; acting in moderation
* Jonathan Swift
Mediocre
Average priced; standard-deal
Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
* Walter
(US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
* Arbuthnot
* Spenser
To become less excessive
To preside over (something) as a moderator
To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise
To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
* 1963 , , to the eight fellow clergymen who opposed the civil rights action, "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Why We Can't Wait
To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Timothy Garton Ash)
, volume=189, issue=6, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= To succeed in coping with, or getting over something.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 29, author=Kevin Mitchell, work=the Guardian
, title= (obsolete) To transact business; to carry on trade.
(obsolete) To intrigue; to scheme.
In lang=en terms the difference between moderate and negotiate
is that moderate is to act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise while negotiate is to succeed in coping with, or getting over something.As verbs the difference between moderate and negotiate
is that moderate is to reduce the excessiveness of (something) while negotiate is to confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.As an adjective moderate
is not excessive; acting in moderation.As a noun moderate
is one who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.moderate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- moderate language
- a moderate Calvinist
- travelling at a moderate speed
- A number of moderate members managed to obtain a majority in a thin house.
- a moderate winter
- moderate showers
Derived terms
* moderately * moderatenessSynonyms
* See also * See alsoNoun
(wikipedia moderate) (en noun)- ''While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so
- The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.
Verb
(moderat)- to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.
- By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water.
- To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.
- to moderate a synod
Synonyms
* (reduce excesses ) temperate * (preside ) arbitrate, chairDerived terms
* moderation * moderatingReferences
* * English heteronyms ----negotiate
English
(Negotiation)Verb
(negotiat)- "You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue."
Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe.
Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau, passage=Novak Djokovic earlier had negotiated his own tricky passage through the fifth day.}}
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- (Francis Bacon)