The difference between Quench and Slake

When used as verbs, quench means to satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst, whereas slake means of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.


Quench is also noun with the meaning: the abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.

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  1. Quench as a verb (transitive):

    To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.

    Examples:

    "The library quenched her thirst for knowledge."

  2. Quench as a verb (transitive):

    To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).

    Examples:

    "Then the MacManus went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it.'' — Saul Bellowattention t=This quote uses quench as a noun; is there a quote with a verb?"

  3. Quench as a verb (transitive, metallurgy):

    To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.

    Examples:

    "The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter."

  4. Quench as a verb (transitive, chemistry):

    To terminate or greatly diminish by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.

  1. Quench as a noun (physics):

    The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.

  1. Slake as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.

  2. Slake as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.

  3. Slake as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.

  4. Slake as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To go out; to become extinct.

  5. Slake as a verb (transitive):

    To satisfy (thirst, or other desires); to quench; to extinguish.

  6. Slake as a verb (transitive):

    To cool (something) with water or another liquid.

  7. Slake as a verb (intransitive):

    To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.

    Examples:

    "The lime slakes."

  8. Slake as a verb (transitive):

    To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.

    Examples:

    "to slake lime"

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