What's the difference between gratify and suist?

Gratify


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.
  • (v. t.) To requite; to recompense.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The high support for organizations like MAPW was gratifying.
  • (2) The phenol and alcohol procedure still remains as one of the most effective and gratifying means of treatment for symptomatic ingrown nails.
  • (3) Anatomical results have been gratifying in that most patients are totally rehabilitated and may swim or shower without restrictions.
  • (4) A small number of patients with limited stage C carcinoma of the prostate have been treated with combined interstitial and external beam radiotherapy with gratifying results.
  • (5) This paper reviews the current trends in treatment and presents the authors' experience with an aggressive but simple surgical approach in highly competitive athletes that can yield gratifying results for both the athlete and physician.
  • (6) Despite these risk factors and a high postoperative complication rate, gratifying results may be achieved in these patients with a comprehensive understanding of regional surgical anatomy and a multidisciplinary approach to their care.
  • (7) While it is impossible to predict the outcome in many individual cases, it is also apparent that gratifying long-term results in addition to palliation can be achieved if one is perseverant and persistent in the application of sound principles in the management of this disorder.
  • (8) Both patients showed gratifying responses to therapy.
  • (9) In aortic stenosis it constitutes a gratifying palliative procedure in older patients at high surgical risk.
  • (10) The process is meticulous, but the results are gratifying when new data on nurse practitioners can be generated.
  • (11) It has been gratifying to observe a consensus emerge among experimental observations regarding the process of alcoholic fibrosis.
  • (12) They have buckets and trowels as they're going clamming, and Popeye leaves first, navigating the sand with a gratifyingly bandy gait.
  • (13) The early results with the PCA total hip replacement have been most gratifying, especially the absence of complications related to the acetabular component.
  • (14) Where its implementation is vigorous and sustained, the results are extremely gratifying; but problems, both technical and operational, need to be constantly reviewed and solutions found.
  • (15) The results are very gratifying as far as tenosynovectomy in the carpal tunnel and the pain is concerned.
  • (16) Four behavioral dispositions indicated a state of high emotional involvement in the marriage: striving to gratify interpersonal needs primarily through the marital relationship; needing to receive affection and desiring to provide support; desiring to satisfy these needs in a mutually satisfying way; and becoming irritated and hostile when maritally dissatisfied.
  • (17) Correct selection of the metal implant, meticulous attention to the biomechanical considerations and restoration of bone continuity by means of methylmethacrylate are most important if a gratifying result is to be obtained.
  • (18) Uncomplicated panic disorder can be easily managed by the primary care physician and is very often a rewarding and gratifying experience.
  • (19) The inherent capacities of national health services to execute their smallpox eradication programmes was gratifying.
  • (20) I am gratified that the Critique of Pure Reason, which must be surely one of the most difficult works of philosophy ever written, should have been chosen as among the most influential of all academic books,” he said of the 18th-century text.

Suist


Definition:

  • (n.) One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist.

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