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Satiate vs Appease - What's the difference?

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Satiate is a related term of appease.


As verbs the difference between satiate and appease

is that satiate is to fill to satisfaction; to satisfy while appease is to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).

As an adjective satiate

is filled to satisfaction or to excess.

satiate

English

Verb

(satiat)
  • To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
    • Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge.
  • To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.

    • Usage notes

    Used interchangeably with, and more common than, sate.“ Monthly Gleanings: November 2011]: Sate'' versus ''satiated''.”, ''[http://blog.oup.com/ OUPblog

    Synonyms

    * sate

    Derived terms

    * satiated

    References

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Filled to satisfaction or to excess.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • satiate of applause

    Related terms

    * sate * satiation * satiety * satisfaction * satisfactory * satisfy

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    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

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