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Satisfaction vs Gladness - What's the difference?

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Gladness is a synonym of satisfaction.



As nouns the difference between satisfaction and gladness

is that satisfaction is a fulfillment of a need or desire while gladness is the state of being glad; joy.

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.

    • gladness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being glad; joy.