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 English
Verb
(head)
(dampen)
dampen English
Verb
( en verb)
To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
* The Century
- In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
* 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, ,
- 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.
To become damp; to deaden.
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saturated English
Verb
(head)
(saturate)
Adjective
( en adjective)
(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.
Related terms
* saturate
* saturity
* unsaturated
* polyunsaturated
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