Satiate vs Sate - What's the difference?
satiate | sate |
To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.
To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
* Macaulay
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
(dated) (sit)
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)- 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
Synonyms
* sateDerived terms
* satiatedReferences
External links
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Etymology 1
From earlier sate, . More at (l).Verb
(sat)- At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated .
- crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great cities
- 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