different between reward vs satisfy

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???w??d/, /???w??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???w??d/, /???w??d/, /?i?w??d/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /???w??(?)d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Etymology 1

From Middle English reward, rewarde, from Old French reward (“reward”) (compare Old French regard, whence modern French regard, and also English regard through Middle French), from rewarder (“to reward”) (compare Old French reguarder), from re- + warder (“to guard, keep”) (compare Old French guarder); the Anglo-Norman forms are derived from Old Northern French variants of Old French, ultimately of Germanic (Frankish) origin. Compare regard, warden, guard. See more below.

Displaced native Middle English lean (“reward”), from Old English l?an (“reward”); Middle English schipe, schepe (“reward, wage”), from Old English scipe (“wages, payment, reward”). Partially displaced Middle English meed, mede (“reward, meed, recompense”), from Old English m?d (“reward, meed, recompense”).

Noun

reward (plural rewards)

1. Something of value given in return for an act.

   Synonyms: payment, recompense, tithing, meed

   Antonym: punishment

2. A prize promised for a certain deed or catch

   Synonym: bounty

3. The result of an action, whether good or bad.

   Synonym: consequence

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rewarden, from Anglo-Norman rewarder (“to reward”) (compare Old French reguarder, whence modern French regarder, also English regard through Middle French), from re- + warder (“to guard, keep”), from Old Northern French [Term?], from Frankish *ward?n (“to guard, keep”), from Proto-Germanic *ward?n? (“to guard, defend”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, shelter, defend, guard, shut”). Cognate with Old Saxon ward?n (“to guard, provide for, protect”), Old English weardian (“to watch, guard, keep”), Old High German wart?n (“to watch, keep, look after”). More at ward.

Verb

reward (third-person singular simple present rewards, present participle rewarding, simple past and past participle rewarded)

2. (transitive) To give a reward to or for.

3. (transitive) To recompense.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) as a reward.
   • Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

Derived terms

• rewardable
• rewarder
• rewarding
• unrewarded

Related terms

• award

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Warder, drawer, redraw, warder, warred

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