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Quench vs. Slake — What's the Difference?

Quench vs. Slake — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Quench and Slake

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Quench

To put out (a fire, for example); extinguish.

Slake

To satisfy (a craving); quench
Slaked her thirst.

Quench

To suppress; squelch
The disapproval of my colleagues quenched my enthusiasm for the plan.

Slake

(Archaic) To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate
Slaking his anger.

Quench

To slake; satisfy
Mineral water quenched our thirst.
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Slake

To combine (lime) chemically with water or moist air.

Quench

To cool (hot metal) by thrusting into water or other liquid.

Slake

To undergo a slaking process; crumble or disintegrate, as lime.

Quench

(transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.

Slake

(transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).

Quench

(transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).

Slake

(transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid.

Quench

To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.

Slake

(intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
The lime slakes.

Quench

To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.

Slake

(transitive) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
To slake lime

Quench

To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.

Slake

Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.

Quench

To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state.
If someone is pinned against the MRI magnet by a ferromagnetic object, you may need to quench the magnet in order to free them.

Slake

To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.

Quench

The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched.

Slake

To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.

Quench

(physics) The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.

Slake

To go out; to become extinct.

Quench

(physics) A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.

Slake

To besmear.

Quench

To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; - said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc.
Ere our blood shall quench that fire.
The supposition of the lady's deathWill quench the wonder of her infamy.

Slake

(Scotland) A sloppy mess.

Quench

To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.

Slake

To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart.

Quench

To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool.
Dost thou think in timeShe will not quench!

Slake

To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.

Quench

Satisfy (thirst);
The cold water quenched his thirst

Slake

To go out; to become extinct.

Quench

Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights;
Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
Quench the flames
Snuff out the candles

Slake

To abate; to become less decided.

Quench

Electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

Slake

To slacken; to become relaxed.

Quench

Suppress or crush completely;
Squelch any sign of dissent
Quench a rebellion

Slake

To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.

Quench

Reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance

Slake

Satisfy (thirst);
The cold water quenched his thirst

Quench

Cool by plunging into cold water;
Quench metal

Slake

Make less active or intense

Slake

Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water;
Slack lime

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