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Satiate vs Sate - What's the difference?

satiate | sate |

Sate is a synonym of satiate.

Sate is a related term of satiate.



As verbs the difference between satiate and sate

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

As an adjective satiate

is filled to satisfaction or to excess.

As a noun sate is

satay.

satiate

English

Verb

(satiat)
  • To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
  • Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge.
  • To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.
  • Usage notes

    Used interchangeably with, and more common than, sate.Monthly Gleanings: November 2011]: Sate'' versus ''satiated''.”, ''[http://blog.oup.com/ OUPblog

    Synonyms

    * sate

    Derived terms

    * satiated

    References

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Filled to satisfaction or to excess.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • satiate of applause

    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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