Slate vs Sate - What's the difference?
slate | sate |
(uncountable) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
(uncountable) The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
(countable) A sheet of slate for writing on with chalk.
(countable) A tile made of slate.
(countable) A record of money owed.
(countable) A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
A thin plate of any material; a flake.
Having the bluish-grey/gray colour/color of slate.
To cover with slate.
(chiefly, British) To criticise harshly.
(chiefly, US) To schedule.
(chiefly, US) To destine or strongly expect.
To punish severely.
To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
* Macaulay
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
(dated) (sit)
As verbs the difference between slate and sate
is that slate is to cover with slate while sate is .As a noun slate
is (uncountable) a fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.As an adjective slate
is having the bluish-grey/gray colour/color of slate.slate
English
Noun
(wikipedia slate) (en noun)- Put it on my slate – I’ll pay you next week.
- Roy Disney led the alternative slate of directors for the stockholder vote.
Synonyms
* slate grey, slate gray * (record of money owed) account, billDerived terms
* clean slate * on the slate * wipe the slate cleanSee also
* basalt * blackboard * chalkboard * whiteboard *Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* slate black * slate blue * slate gray/slate grey * slate pencil * slate-coloured junco * slatyVerb
- The old church ledgers show that the roof was slated in 1775.
- The play was slated by the critics.
- The election was slated for November 2nd.
- The next version of our software is slated to be the best release ever.
- The boy was slated by his own mom for disobeying her.
Anagrams
*sate
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Etymology 1
From earlier sate, . More at (l).Verb
(sat)- At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated .
- crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great cities
- And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.
Usage notes
Used interchangeably with, though less common than, satiate.“Monthly Gleanings: November 2011]: Sate'' versus ''satiated''.”, ''[http://blog.oup.com/ OUPblog
