Palliative (adjective)
سکون آور، آرام پہنچانے والی شہ
(of a medicine or medical care) relieving pain without dealing with the cause of the condition.
Example: “orthodox medicines tend to be palliative rather than curative”
Synonyms: soothing, alleviating, sedative, calmative, calming, alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive
Antonyms: damaging, harmful, hurtful, injurious
Piecemeal (adjective)
تھوڑا تھوڑا، ریزہ ریزہ
characterized by unsystematic partial measures taken over a period of time.
Example: “the village is slowly being killed off by piecemeal development”
Synonyms: a little at a time, piece by piece, bit by bit, gradually, slowly, in stages, in steps
Antonyms: sudden