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Spatiate vs Satiate - What's the difference?

spatiate | satiate |

As verbs the difference between spatiate and satiate

is that spatiate is to rove; to ramble while satiate is to fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.

As an adjective satiate is

filled to satisfaction or to excess.

spatiate

English

Verb

(spatiat)
  • (obsolete) To rove; to ramble.
  • * Isaac Watts
    • My spirit feels her freedom, shakes her wings, / Exults and spatiates o'er a thousand scenes
  • * Richard Hurd
    • (Francis Bacon)
    (Webster 1913)

    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

    Related terms

    * sate * satiation * satiety * satisfaction * satisfactory * satisfy

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