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Satisfy vs Requite - What's the difference?

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Satisfy is a related term of requite.


As verbs the difference between satisfy and requite

is that satisfy is to do enough for; to meet the needs of; to fulfill the wishes or requirements of while requite is to return in kind; to repay; to recompense; to reward.

satisfy

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To do enough for; to meet the needs of; to fulfill the wishes or requirements of.
    • I'm not satisfied with the quality of the food here.
  • * Milton
    • Death shall with us two / Be forced to satisfy his ravenous maw.
  • To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe.
    • The complex numbers satisfy \exists x:x^2+1=0.
  • (dated, literary, transitive) To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.
  • * Atterbury
    • The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying .
  • * 1851 ,
    • I was resolved to satisfy myself whether this ragged Elijah was really dogging us or not, and with that intent crossed the way with Queequeg, and on that side of it retraced our steps.
  • To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.
    • to satisfy a creditor
  • To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.
    • to satisfy a claim or an execution

    Antonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * satisfaction * satisfactory * satisfice * satiate * satiation * satiety

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    requite

    English

    Alternative forms

    *(archaic) requit

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To return in kind; To repay; to recompense; to reward.
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 3
  • *:But, remember—
  • *:For that's my business to you,—that you three
  • *:From Milan did supplant good Prospero;
  • *:Expos'd unto the sea, which hath requit it,
  • *:Him, and his innocent child: for which foul deed
  • *:The powers, delaying, not forgetting, have
  • *:Incens'd the seas and shores, yea, all the creatures,
  • *:Against your peace.
  • * 1925 , Franz Kafka, The Trial'', ''Vintage Books (London) , pg. 91:
    • He bowed slightly to K.'s uncle, who appeared very flattered to make this new acquaintance, yet, being by nature incapable of expressing obligation, requited the Clerk of the Court's words with a burst of embarrassed but raucous laughter.
  • To retaliate.

    • Derived terms

    * unrequited

    Anagrams

    * quieter

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