Assage vs. Assuage: What's the Difference?

Ass, in the sense of buttocks, and in related idioms.

To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe

To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).

To appease or calm

(transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).

(transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).

To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.

To abate or subside.

Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;

Satisfy (thirst);

Provide physical relief, as from pain;