Difference between Satisfactory and Adequate

SATISFACTORY vs ADEQUATE: NOUN

Giving satisfaction
Giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement; adequate. : sufficient.
Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient.
Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning.
Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient
Meeting requirements

Affording satisfaction; satisfying; that fully gratifies or contents; fulfilling all demands or requirements: as, to make satisfactory arrangements; to give a satisfactory account; a satisfactory state of affairs.
Making reparation, atonement, or expiation; expiatory.
Synonyms Gratifying, pleasing, sufficient, convincing, conclusive, decisive. See satisfy.

Acceptable
About average
To attain equality with; equal.
To make equal or adequate.
Equal to requirement or occasion; commensurate; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit: as, means adequate to the object; an adequate comparison.

Cheering, Passing, Right, Fine, Comforting, Ok, Copacetic, Alright, Copasetic, Okay, Passable, Good, Satisfying, Adequate, Acceptable

Ample, Proper, Inadequate, Insufficient, Fair to middling, Equal to, Adequate to, Up to, Capable, Passable, Competent, Decent, Enough, Satisfactory, Sufficient

Cheering, Passing, Right, Fine, Comforting, Ok, Copacetic, Alright, Copasetic, Okay, Passable, Good, Satisfying, Adequate, Acceptable

Ample, Proper, Inadequate, Insufficient, Fair to middling, Equal to, Adequate to, Up to, Capable, Passable, Competent, Decent, Enough, Satisfactory, Sufficient

Number of accounts rated satisfactory on the report.
Tenant agrees that premises are in satisfactory condition.
Service time varies, and cleaning is marginally satisfactory.
The Company believes that employee relations are satisfactory.
Project reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent in form and content and made by a registered land surveyor reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
If a student can regain satisfactory academic progress with the courses completed successfully during the Warning term, the status will return to Satisfactory.
SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS FOR PURPOSES OF FINANCIAL AIDtain Satisfactory Academic Progress in order to receive aid.
When a satisfactory agreement has been reached, an executed stipulation in a form satisfactory to the United States Attorney will be obtained.
Under check points there are four heads like satisfactory, not satisfactory, not applicable and remarks.
Satisfactory Rating Satisfactory performance in this category is based on evidence of a demonstrated commitment to teaching.

The record is adequate to address these issues.
Commercially adequate access to public streets and ways?
Torres has not proved to be statistically adequate.
ERISA with the lack of adequate fiduciary standards.
Ensuring that adequate internal controls are in place.
Proposed Adequate Assurance of payment for postpetition services, and established procedures for resolving requests for additional adequate assurance of payment.
If it is determined that a BOS is not available at all or is not adequate, the customer should obtain an adequate BOS.
Adequate provision should be made to assemble in adequate quantities expertise that enables the court to respond to multiple protection and assistance needs.
However, the airport already has adequate capacity and will continue to have adequate capacity in the foreseeable future.
Other methods are not adequate and cannot be made adequate.