Remediate vs. Mitigate: What's the Difference?

The act or process of remedying something that is undesirable or deficient

To make less severe or intense; moderate or alleviate.

The act or process of providing remedial education

To make alterations to (land) to make it less polluted or more hospitable to wildlife.

(transitive) To correct or improve (a deficiency or problem).

(transitive) To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less severe or easier to bear.

Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject.

(transitive) To downplay.

(obsolete) Remedial.

To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief.

Remedial.

To make mild and accessible; to mollify; - applied to persons.

Set straight or right;

Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of;

Make less severe or harsh;