Satiate vs Suffice - What's the difference?
satiate | suffice | Synonyms |
To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.
To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate.
* Milton
To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
* 1838 , The Church of England quarterly review (page 203)
To furnish; to supply adequately.
Satiate is a synonym of suffice.
In lang=en terms the difference between satiate and suffice
is that satiate is to satisfy to excess to fill to satiety while suffice is to satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.As verbs the difference between satiate and suffice
is that satiate is to fill to satisfaction; to satisfy while suffice is to be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate.As an adjective satiate
is filled to satisfaction or to excess.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
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English
Verb
(suffic)- Two capsules of fish oil a day suffices .
- To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice ?
- A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.
- Lord Brougham's salary would have sufficed more than ninety Prussian judges.
