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Contented vs Satisfactory - What's the difference?

contented | satisfactory |

As adjectives the difference between contented and satisfactory

is that contented is satisfied while satisfactory is done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.

As a verb contented

is past tense of content.

contented

English

Verb

(head)
  • (content)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • satisfied
  • * 1795 , ISSN 0037-7333, volume 4, number 3, June 2010, page 72:
    • "I shall now die contented ," [Boswell] breathed, "since I have lived to see the present day."

    satisfactory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient
    • The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion .

    Derived terms

    * satisfactorily * satisfaction * satisfied * unsatisfactory