Placate vs Satiate - What's the difference?
placate | satiate |
To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate.
To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.
In transitive terms the difference between placate and satiate
is that placate is to calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate while satiate is to satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.As an adjective satiate is
filled to satisfaction or to excess.placate
English
Verb
(placat)Synonyms
* (to calm) appease, mollify, satisfyAntonyms
* (to calm) enrageDerived terms
* placater * placating * placatingly * placation * placative * placatorysatiate
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