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Blend vs Liquefy - What's the difference?

blend | liquefy |

As a proper noun blend

is .

As a verb liquefy is

(physics|chemistry) to make into a liquid, either by condensing a gas or by melting a solid.

blend

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mixture of two or more things.
  • Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.
    Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.
  • (linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.
  • The word brunch is a blend of the words breakfast and lunch.

    Synonyms

    * (mixture ): combination, mix, mixture * (in linguistics ): frankenword, portmanteau, portmanteau word

    Verb

  • To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
  • To be mingled or mixed.
  • * Irving
  • There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.
  • * To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent - , 1884
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
  • , title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close
  • (obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
  • (Spenser)

    Derived terms

    * blender * blended * blend in

    References

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    liquefy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * liquify

    Verb

  • (physics, chemistry) To make into a liquid, either by condensing a gas or by melting a solid.
  • * 1878 March 12, ,
  • Faraday succeeded in liquefying' a certain number of gases by compression and refrigeration, but there still remained a number that proved absolutely refractory to the most powerful agencies; hence these gases were called ''permanent''. A retired manufacturer, who at the same time is a distinguished man of science, M. Cailletet, has subdued the permanent gases, having succeeded in ' liquefying and solidifying them.
  • (cooking) To make into a liquid by mashing, such as by using a blender.
  • * 2007 , May Jideofo, Ukwa (Breadfruit Beans)'', recipe in ''Healthier Alternatives: Low Saturated Fat African Cooking and Recipes , page 38,
  • Place crayfish and fresh pepper in a blender, add small water, liquefy and cook for 20 minutes or until tender.

    Synonyms

    * (make liquid from gas) condense * (make liquid from solid) melt

    See also

    * freeze * solidify * vaporize