Do reassure and calm mean the same thing??

[Candyy]

Both words as verb v:

Like if I say "Vaporeon reassures Umbreon" would be It the same as saying "Vaporeon calms Umbreon"

I just learned the existance of the word reassure... 🤷‍♀️

[Rin]

Cause and effect. Know the difference.
https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/examples-cause-effect here's a perfect example for children.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

it not means the same..at all

calm means just that.. you calm somebody.. they are stressed, or hysterical, or angry, or any emotional state that is not calm.. and you calm them down.. to bring them back from this flight or flight state back to a default calm state..


while reasure.. is something different.. somebody that has lost confidence.. or trust.. you reasure.. in their cability, that this thing is doable, that you will keep your promise etc..

ofcourse a shellshocked soldier needs both calming AND reensuring to win the battle.. calming.. to get out of his panic and stop thinking of fleeing.. and reensuring.. to get him to actually resume fighting..

[De Hollandse Ezel]

so when I need reensuring.. I lost trust and you restore trust by reensuring.
trust can be towards many things, both internal (your own ability) and external (is the other truthfull in what they promise.. will this bridge hold my weight etc)

when I need calming.. I am in a flight or fightmode.. and calming means you bring me back in a normal mode.