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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