different between satisfaction vs enchantment

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

Alternative forms

• inchantment

Etymology

From Middle English enchauntement, from Old French enchantement.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?t???ntm?nt/, /?n?t???ntm?nt/, /?n?t???ntm?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?æntm?nt/, /?n?t?æntm?nt/, /?n?t?æntm?nt/

Noun

enchantment (countable and uncountable, plural enchantments)

1. The act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.
2. Something that enchants; a magical spell.

Related terms

• enchant

Translations