different between satisfactory vs sate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfact?rius, from Latin satisfactus, past participle of satisfaci?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæt?s?fækt(?)?i/
• Rhymes: -ækt??i

Adjective

satisfactory (comparative more satisfactory, superlative most satisfactory)

1. Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.

   The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion.
2. Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying.
3. (theology) Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.

Usage notes

Although structurally similar (both being derived from satisfy and describing that which produces satisfaction), satisfactory (def. 1) and satisfying differ in connotation. Satisfactory connotes "adequate, conforming to standards," while satisfying connotes "pleasing, or sufficient to remove any feeling of lack." An answer to a question or the outcome of a situation, for example, could be satisfactory without being satisfying, if it met the requirements but left one wanting more.

Derived terms

• satisfactorily (adv)
• unsatisfactory (adj)

Related terms

• satisfaction (n)
• satisfied (adj)

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• sade (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Etymology 1

From earlier sade (“to weary, satiate, satisfy”), from Middle English saden (“to weary, satisfy, become wearied or satiated”), from Old English sadian (“to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied”), from Proto-Germanic *sad?n? (“to satiate, become satisfied”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?- (“to satiate, be satisfied”). Cognate with Middle Low German saden, Middle High German saten (“to saturate, satisfy, satiate”), Icelandic seðja (“to satisfy”). Cognate with sad.

Verb

sate (third-person singular simple present sates, present participle sating, simple past and past participle sated)

1. To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.

   Synonyms: satiate, fill up

   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4

     And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.

Usage notes

Used interchangeably with, though less common than, satiate.

Derived terms

• sated
• satedness
• sateless
• unsated
• unsating

Related terms

• satiate
• satisfactory
• saturate
• surfeit

Translations

References

Etymology 2

From Middle English sate, satte, from Old English sæt, first and third person singular preterite of sittan (“to sit”).

Verb

sate

1. (dated, poetic) simple past tense of sit

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:sit.

Etymology 3

From Malay sate (“satay”).

Noun

sate

1. satay

Anagrams

• AEST, ESTA, East, SEAT, Seat, TEAs, east, eats, etas, seat, seta, tase, teas

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sate (“satay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sate]
• Hyphenation: sa?té

Noun

sate (first-person possessive sateku, second-person possessive satemu, third-person possessive satenya)

1. (colloquial) satay (dish)

Synonyms

• satai

Further reading

• “sate” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

sate

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Khumi Chin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ca, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *z?. Cognates include Chinese ? (s?) (and probably Chinese ? (zuò)) and Mru ca?.

Alternative forms

• (Khimi Chin) sauteh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?a?.te?/

Verb

sate

1. (transitive) to do
2. (transitive) to make
3. (transitive) to build
4. (transitive) to plant
5. (transitive) to serve
6. (transitive) to prepare, arrange

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?a?.te?/

Verb

sate

1. (transitive) to lengthen

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin?^[2], Payap University, pages 88-89

Malay

Etymology

From Tamil ??? (catai, “flesh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sate/
• Rhymes: -te, -e

Noun

sate (Jawi spelling ?????, plural sate-sate, informal 1st possessive sateku, impolite 2nd possessive satemu, 3rd possessive satenya)

1. satay (dish)

Descendants

Further reading

• “sate” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

North Frisian

Verb

sate

1. (Mooring Dialect) to sit

Conjugation

Tagalog

Noun

satè

1. cord or strong string (used in spinning tops, etc.)