different between satiety vs satiate

English

Alternative forms

• saciety (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French satieté, from Latin satietas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??ta?.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -a??ti

Noun

satiety (usually uncountable, plural satieties)

1. The state of being satiated.

   Eating half of that loaf of bread has left me in a state of utter satiety.

   • 1995, Britt Marie Burton-Freeman, Satiety Induced by Fat, Carbohydrate and Protein: A Potential Role for Cholecystokinin (CCK) and Serotonin (5HT)

     Surgical techniques have also been instrumental in understanding the pathways leading to satiety...

   • 2010, Egidio Del Fabbro, Wendy Demark-wahnefried, Vickie Baracos, Nutrition and the Cancer Patient, Oxford University Press, USA (?ISBN), page 193:

     On the other hand, early satiety did not correlate with delayed gastric emptying...

Synonyms

• satiatedness
• satiation

Antonyms

• hunger, appetite

Related terms

• satiate
• satiated

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satiatus, past participle of satiare (“to fill full, satiate”), from sat + satis (“sufficient”) + satur (“full”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se???e?t/

Verb

satiate (third-person singular simple present satiates, present participle satiating, simple past and past participle satiated)

1. (transitive) To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.

   Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge.

2. (transitive) To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.

Usage notes

Used interchangeably with, and more common than, sate.

Synonyms

• sate

Derived terms

• satiated

Translations

Adjective

satiate (comparative more satiate, superlative most satiate)

1. Filled to satisfaction or to excess.

Related terms

• sate
• satiation
• satiety
• satisfaction
• satisfactory
• satisfy

References

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

sati?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sati?

Participle

sati?te

1. vocative masculine singular of sati?tus

References

• satiate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press