Satisfying vs Sufficient - What's the difference?
satisfying | sufficient |
That satisfies]], [[gratify, gratifies, pleases or comforts.
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Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as,
Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
(archaic) Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.
* 1668 , (Samuel Pepys), December 23 1668
self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.
The smallest amount needed.
As adjectives the difference between satisfying and sufficient
is that satisfying is that satisfies]], [[gratify|gratifies, pleases or comforts while sufficient is equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as,.As a verb satisfying
is .As a determiner sufficient is
the smallest amount needed.satisfying
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}
Antonyms
* dissatisfying * unsatisfyingVerb
(head)sufficient
English
(Webster 1913)Adjective
(en adjective)- We have provision sufficient for the family
- This army is sufficient to defend the country.
- There is not sufficient access to the internet in the some small country villages.
- A two-week training course is sufficient to get a job in the coach-driving profession.
- ...to take the best ways we can, to make it known to the Duke of York; for, till Sir J. Minnes be removed, and a sufficient man brought into W. Pen's place, when he is gone, it is impossible for this Office ever to support itself.
Derived terms
* self-sufficient * sufficiency * sufficientlySee also
* adequate * ample * enough * plentyDeterminer
(en determiner)- Sufficient of us are against this idea that we should stop now.