Satiety vs Satisfaction - What's the difference?
satiety | satisfaction |
The state of being perfectly satiated.
A fulfillment of a need or desire.
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The pleasure obtained by such fulfillment.
*(Henry David Thoreau) (1817-1862)
*:This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction .
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*:Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction , looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
The source of such gratification.
A reparation for an injury or loss.
A vindication for a wrong suffered.
As nouns the difference between satiety and satisfaction
is that satiety is the state of being perfectly satiated while satisfaction is a fulfillment of a need or desire.satiety
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Alternative forms
* sacietyNoun
(-)- That loaf of bread, that jug of wine, and thou have left me in a state of utter satiety .