Deplete vs. Replete — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Deplete and Replete
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Deplete
To consume or reduce to a very low amount; use up
Drought that depleted the stores of grain.
Replete
Filled or well-supplied with something
Sensational popular fiction, replete with adultery and sudden death
Deplete
To remove the contents or important elements of; empty out or exhaust
Overfishing that depleted the lake of trout.
Farming practices that depleted the soil of nutrients.
Replete
Abundantly supplied; abounding
A stream replete with trout.
An apartment replete with Empire furniture.
Deplete
To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.
The ink depletes too quickly.
Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others.
The temperature gauge doesn't work and the coolant depletes quickly from the reservoir.
The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.
Certain medications can deplete vitamin D.
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Replete
Filled to satiation; gorged.
Deplete
To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.
Replete
Usage Problem Complete
A computer system replete with color monitor, printer, and software.
Deplete
To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
Replete
A specialized worker in a honey ant colony that stores food in its distensible abdomen for later use by other members of the colony.
Deplete
To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.
Replete
Abounding.
Deplete
Use up (resources or materials);
This car consumes a lot of gas
We exhausted our savings
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
Replete
Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
Replete
A honeypot ant.
Replete
(transitive) To fill to repletion, or restore something that has been depleted.
Replete
Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding.
When he of wine was replet at his feast.
In heads replete with thoughts of other men.
Replete
To fill completely, or to satiety.
Replete
Fill to satisfaction;
I am sated
Replete
Filled to satisfaction with food or drink;
A full stomach
Replete
(followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated;
Imbued with the spirit of the Reformation
Words instinct with love
It is replete with misery
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