Concoction vs Brew - What's the difference?
concoction | brew | Synonyms |
(obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
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The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
A mixture prepared in such a way.
Something made-up, an invention.
(obsolete, figurative) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
(obsolete, medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
(obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.
To prepare (usually a beverage) by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
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To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to hatch.
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To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
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To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
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(obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage.
(slang) A beer.
(British, NZ) A cup of tea.
(British, NZ) The act of making a cup of tea.
(British, informal) A hill.
Concoction is a synonym of brew.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between concoction and brew
is that concoction is (obsolete) the act of perfecting or maturing while brew is (obsolete) to boil or seethe; to cook.As nouns the difference between concoction and brew
is that concoction is (obsolete) digestion (of food etc) while brew is the mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage.As a verb brew is
to prepare (usually a beverage) by steeping and mingling; to concoct.concoction
English
Noun
(en noun)- [Sorrow] hinders concoction , refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […].
- (John Donne)
- (Francis Bacon)
brew
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Verb
(en verb)- Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely.
- Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver!
- I wash, wring, brew , bake, scour.
- There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest.
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