Satisfy vs. Satiate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Satisfy and Satiate
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Satisfy
Meet the expectations, needs, or desires of (someone)
I have never been satisfied with my job
Satiate
Satiate is the first album released by Avail in 1992. Satiate was originally released on the band's own Catheter-Assembly Records, then re-released on Old Glory Records later that year.
Satisfy
Provide (someone) with adequate or convincing information or proof about something
People need to be satisfied that the environmental assessments are accurate
The chief engineer satisfied himself that it was not a weapon
Satiate
Another term for sate
He folded up his newspaper, his curiosity satiated
Satisfy
(of a quantity) make (an equation) true.
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Satiate
Satisfied to the full; sated
Satiate with power, of fame and wealth possess'd
Satisfy
To fulfill the need, desire, or expectation of
Were you satisfied with the hotel's service?.
Satiate
To satisfy (an appetite, for example) fully.
Satisfy
To fulfill (a need or desire)
The cold drink satisfied my thirst.
Satiate
To provide (someone) with more than enough; glut.
Satisfy
To free from doubt or question; convince
His explanation satisfied the authorities.
Satiate
Filled to satisfaction.
Satisfy
To provide sufficient explanation to dispel or answer (a doubt or question).
Satiate
(transitive) To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge.
Satisfy
To meet or be sufficient for (a requirement); conform to the requirements of (a standard, for example)
Only two people satisfied the researcher's profile for the study.
Satiate
(transitive) To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.
Satisfy
To discharge (a debt or obligation, for example) in full.
Satiate
Filled to satisfaction or to excess.
Satisfy
To discharge an obligation to (a creditor).
Satiate
Filled to satiety; glutted; sated; - followed by with or of.
Satisfy
To make reparation for; redress.
Satiate
To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense.
These [smells] rather woo the sense than satiate it.
I may yet survive the malice of my enemies, although they should be satiated with my blood.
Satisfy
(Mathematics) To make the left and right sides of (an equation) equal after substituting equivalent quantities for the unknown variables.
Satiate
To full beyond natural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut.
Satisfy
To be sufficient or adequate.
Satiate
To saturate.
Content with science in the vale of peace.
His whole felicity is endless strife;No peace, no satisfaction, crowns his life.
He may be satiated, but not satisfied.
Satisfy
To give satisfaction.
Satiate
Fill to satisfaction;
I am sated
Satisfy
(ambitransitive) To do enough for; to meet the needs of; to fulfill the wishes or requirements of.
I’m not satisfied with the quality of the food here.
Satiate
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself;
She stuffed herself at the dinner
The kids binged on icecream
Satisfy
(transitive) To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe.
The complex numbers satisfy .
Satiate
Supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction
Satisfy
To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.
Satisfy
(transitive) To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.
To satisfy a creditor
Satisfy
(transitive) To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.
To satisfy a claim or an execution
Satisfy
In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for.
Death shall . . . with us twoBe forced to satisfy his ravenous maw.
Satisfy
To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
Satisfy
To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.
Satisfy
To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry.
The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying.
Satisfy
To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.
Satisfy
To make payment or atonement; to atone.
Satisfy
Fulfil the requirements or expectations of
Satisfy
Make happy or satisfied
Satisfy
Fill or meet a want or need
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