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Appease vs Hunger - What's the difference?

appease | hunger |

As a verb appease

is to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).

As a noun hunger is

hunger.

appease

English

Verb

(appeas)
  • To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
  • to appease the tumult of the ocean
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
  • `First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet. It is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!'
  • To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
  • They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.

    Synonyms

    * (reduce to a state of peace) calm, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, still, lull * (come to terms with) mollify, propitiate

    Antonyms

    * antagonize

    Derived terms

    () * appeaser * appeasement * appeasatory

    hunger

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) hunger, from (etyl) . Compare Dutch honger, German and Low German Hunger, Swedish hunger.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A need or compelling desire for food.
  • (by extension) Any strong desire.
  • I have a hunger to win.
  • * Spenser
  • O sacred hunger of ambitious minds!
    Usage notes
    The phrase be hungry'' is more common than ''have hunger to express a need for food.
    Antonyms
    * satiety * satiation
    Derived terms
    * hunger is the best spice
    See also
    * thirst

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hyngran.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be in need of food.
  • (figuratively) To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
  • I hungered for your love.
  • * Bible, Matthew v. 6
  • Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.
  • (archaic) To make hungry; to famish.
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