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displease vs dissatisfy

dissatisfy vs displease

displease and dissatisfy both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
displease No No Yes No
dissatisfy No No Yes No
As verbs, dissatisfy is a hyponym of displease; that is, dissatisfy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than displease:
  • displease: give displeasure to
  • dissatisfy: fail to satisfy
Other hyponyms of displease include annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex, repel, repulse.
displease (verb) dissatisfy (verb)
give displeasure to fail to satisfy
Difference between displease and dissatisfy

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