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Gratification vs Ripeness - What's the difference?

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Gratification is a related term of ripeness.


As nouns the difference between gratification and ripeness

is that gratification is the act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart while ripeness is the characteristic of being ripe.

gratification

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.
  • That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
  • A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.
  • Synonyms

    * gladness, queemliness

    Derived terms

    * oral gratification * self-gratification

    ripeness

    Noun

    (es)
  • the characteristic of being ripe
  • Anagrams

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