Dampened vs Saturated - What's the difference?
dampened | saturated |
(dampen)
To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
* The Century
* 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, ,
To become damp; to deaden.
(saturate)
(not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
(comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
(not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
(chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
As verbs the difference between dampened and saturated
is that dampened is (dampen) while saturated is (saturate).As an adjective saturated is
(not comparable) full; unable to hold or contain any more.dampened
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Verb
(head)dampen
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Verb
(en verb)- In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
- Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus.