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Sate vs Satiated - What's the difference?

sate | satiated |

As verbs the difference between sate and satiated

is that sate is to satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up while satiated is past tense of satiate.

As a noun sate

is satay.

As an adjective satiated is

pleasantly satisfied or full, as with food.

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

    * ----

    satiated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pleasantly satisfied or full, as with food.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
  • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (satiate)