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Sake vs Sate - What's the difference?

sake | sate |

As nouns the difference between sake and sate

is that sake is cause, interest or account while sate is satay.

As a verb sate is

to satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.

sake

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at soke, soken, seek.

Noun

(en noun)
  • Cause, interest or account.
  • * For the sake of argument
  • Purpose or end; reason.
  • * For old times' sake
  • The benefit or regard of someone or something.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1897, author=
  • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake , and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
  • But it will be for your sake that we'll undertake to refute this thesis,
  • (obsolete except in phrases) Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.
  • * And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. — Genesis 3:17
  • Usage notes
    * The word sake is generally used in constructions of the form "for X's sake" or "for the sake of X", where X is a noun. (See the quotations above, for sake of, and for the sake of.) * Garner's Modern American Usage'' notes it is common to write an apostrophe rather than apostrophe–ess in this construction when the noun ends in an /s/ or /z/ sound: ''for appearance' sake, for goodness' sake .
    Derived terms
    * for Christ’s sake * for fuck's sake * for God’s sake * for heaven’s sake * for sake of * for the sake of * for the sake of it * keepsake

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , any alcoholic drink.

    Alternative forms

    * ', ' saki

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia)
  • (countable and uncountable) Rice wine, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.
  • Synonyms
    * rice wine

    See also

    * awamori * shochu

    Statistics

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    sate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From earlier sate, . More at (l).

    Verb

    (sat)
  • To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
  • At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated .
  • * Macaulay
  • crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great cities
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
  • And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.
    Usage notes
    Used interchangeably with, though less common than, satiate.Monthly Gleanings: November 2011]: Sate'' versus ''satiated''.”, ''[http://blog.oup.com/ OUPblog
    Synonyms
    * satiate

    References

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dated) (sit)
  • Quotations
    * (sit)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • satay
  • Anagrams

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