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Satiated vs Hungry - What's the difference?

satiated | hungry |

As adjectives the difference between satiated and hungry

is that satiated is pleasantly satisfied or full, as with food while hungry is affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.

As a verb satiated

is past tense of satiate.

satiated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pleasantly satisfied or full, as with food.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
  • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (satiate)
  • hungry

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.
  • My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven't got any money .
  • (figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.
  • * Charles Kingsley
  • The cruel, hungry foam.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
  • Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
  • a hungry soil
  • * Shakespeare
  • The hungry beach.

    Synonyms

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