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Perish vs Quench - What's the difference?

perish | quench |

As verbs the difference between perish and quench

is that perish is to pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear while quench is to satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.

As a noun quench is

the abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.

perish

English

Verb

(es)
  • To pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear.
  • To die; to cease to live.
  • * 1719 ,
    • ...the ship struck upon a sand, and ... the sea broke over her in such a manner that we expected we should all have perished immediately; and we were immediately driven into our close quarters, to shelter us from the very foam and spray of the sea.
  • (obsolete) To cause to perish.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Synonyms

    * decease, pass away * See also

    Derived terms

    * perish the thought

    Related terms

    * perishable

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    quench

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
    • The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • I began also to feel very hungry, as not having eaten for twenty-four hours; and worse than that, there was a parching thirst and dryness in my throat, and nothing with which to quench it.
  • To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.)
    • Then the MacManus went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it. -- Saul Bellow
  • To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
    • The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.

    Noun

    (es)
  • (physics) The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.