Gratify vs Satiate - What's the difference?
gratify | satiate |
To please.
To make content, to satisfy.
To anger, disquiet, fluster, intimidate, or any of the like
To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.
As verbs the difference between gratify and satiate
is that gratify is to please while satiate is to fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.As an adjective satiate is
filled to satisfaction or to excess.gratify
English
Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* gladden, queemDerived terms
* gratification * gratifyingAntonyms
External links
* *satiate
English
Verb
(satiat)- Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge.
Usage notes
Used interchangeably with, and more common than, sate.“Monthly Gleanings: November 2011]: Sate'' versus ''satiated''.”, ''[http://blog.oup.com/ OUPblog