sate vs starve

sate

noun
  • satay 

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

starve

verb
  • To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from cold. 

  • To die because of lack of food or of not eating. 

  • To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food. 

  • To deteriorate for want of any essential thing. 

  • To be very hungry. 

  • To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component. 

How often have the words sate and starve occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )