Satiated vs Hungry - What's the difference?
satiated | hungry |
Pleasantly satisfied or full, as with food.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=6, title= (satiate)
Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.
(figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.
* Charles Kingsley
* Shakespeare
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
* Shakespeare
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)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)hungry
English
Adjective
(er)- My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven't got any money .
- The cruel, hungry foam.
- Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
- a hungry soil
- The hungry beach.