different between satiety vs satisfy

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

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