different between pander vs satisfy

English

Alternative forms

• pandar

Etymology

From Middle English pandare, from Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde) (see also Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida), from Italian Pandaro (found in Boccaccio), from Latin Pandarus (found in Greek mythology), from Ancient Greek ???????? (Pándaros).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pænd?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pænd?/
• (non-rhotic accents) Homophone: panda

Noun

pander (plural panders)

1. A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.

   Synonyms: panderer; see also Thesaurus:pimp

   • 1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 190:

     It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders.

2. An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
3. An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
4. (by extension) One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
   • 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord

     Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition.

Derived terms

• panderly
• pandersome

Translations

Verb

pander (third-person singular simple present panders, present participle pandering, simple past and past participle pandered)

1. (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.
2. (intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To act as a pander for (somebody).

Synonyms

• (to pimp): prostitute, hustle, whore out; see also Thesaurus:pimp out

Derived terms

• panderer

See also

• demagogism

Translations

Anagrams

• repand

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pan?/, [?p?an?]

Noun

pander c

1. indefinite plural of pande

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pan.der/, [?pän?d??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pan.der/, [?p?n?d??r]

Verb

pander

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pand?

English

Etymology

From Middle English satisfyen, satisfien, from Old French satisfiier, satisfier (also Old French satisfaire), from Latin satisfacere, present active infinitive of satisfaci?, from satis (“enough, sufficient”) + faci? (“I make, I do”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæt?sfa?/
• Hyphenation: sat?is?fy

Verb

satisfy (third-person singular simple present satisfies, present participle satisfying, simple past and past participle satisfied)

1. (transitive, intransitive) 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.
2. (transitive) To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe.

   The complex numbers satisfy ${\displaystyle \exists x:x^{2}+1=0}$.

3. (dated, literary, transitive) To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.
   • October 28, 1705, Francis Atterbury, a sermon

     The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 19

     I was resolved to satisfy myself whether this ragged Elijah was really dogging us or not, and with that intent crossed the way with Queequeg, and on that side of it retraced our steps.
4. (transitive) To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.

   to satisfy a creditor

5. (transitive) To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.

   to satisfy a claim or an execution

Antonyms

• (meet needs, fulfill): disappoint
• dissatisfy

Related terms

• satisfaction
• satisfactory
• satisfice
• satiate
• satiation
• satiety

Translations

Further reading

• satisfy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• satisfy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• satisfy at OneLook Dictionary Search