different between satisfaction vs bliss

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satisfactio, satisfactionis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæt?s?fæk??n/
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

satisfaction (countable and uncountable, plural satisfactions)

1. A fulfilment of a need or desire.

2. The pleasure obtained by such fulfillment.
   • November 4, 1860, Henry David Thoreau, letter to Mr. D. R.

     This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

   • Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.

3. The source of such gratification.
4. A reparation for an injury or loss.
5. A vindication for a wrong suffered.

Translations

Derived terms

• satisfaction note
• satisfaction piece
• satisfaction theory of atonement

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satisfactio, satisfactionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.tis.fak.sj??/

Noun

satisfaction f (uncountable)

1. satisfaction
2. fulfilment
3. pleasure

Synonyms

• (fulfilment): assouvissement
• (pleasure): plaisir

Further reading

• “satisfaction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier bl?ds, bl?þs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *bl?þisi (“joy, goodness, kindness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

bliss (countable and uncountable, plural blisses)

1. perfect happiness

Derived terms

Translations

Old English

Etymology

From earlier bl?ds, bl?þs, from Proto-West Germanic *bl?þisi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bliss/, [blis]

Noun

bliss f

1. joy, bliss

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle English: blys, blice, blisce, blise, blesse
  • English: bliss