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Satisfaction vs Amends - What's the difference?

satisfaction | amends | Synonyms |

Satisfaction is a synonym of amends.


As nouns the difference between satisfaction and amends

is that satisfaction is a fulfillment of a need or desire while amends is compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.

As a verb amends is

(amend).

satisfaction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fulfillment of a need or desire.
  • :
  • The pleasure obtained by such fulfillment.
  • *(Henry David Thoreau) (1817-1862)
  • *:This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction .
  • *
  • *: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.
  • amends

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
  • Amends were made for the damage and no charges were filed.
  • * As to you, Mr. Carruthers, I think that you have done what you could to make amends for your share in an evil plot. — Doyle
  • Usage notes

    Usually found as (term).

    Synonyms

    * (compensation ) reparation, redress, restitution, indemnity

    Verb

    (head)
  • (amend)
  • Anagrams

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