Condense vs Diffuse - What's the difference?
condense | diffuse |
To decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.
To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate.
* Milton
* Motley
(chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
(archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
* Whewell
To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.
In transitive terms the difference between condense and diffuse
is that condense is to decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence while diffuse is to spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.condense
English
Alternative forms
* condenceVerb
- An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
- Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
- In what shape they choose, / Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure.
- The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
Synonyms
* (to decrease size or volume) minifyAntonyms
* extend * magnifyAdjective
(en adjective)- The huge condense bodies of planets. — Bentley.
diffuse
English
Etymology 1
(etyl), from (etyl) diffusus, past participle ofVerb
(diffus)- We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations.
- Food coloring diffuses in water.
- The riot diffused quite suddenly.
Derived terms
* diffuserEtymology 2
(etyl) diffususAdjective
(en adjective)- Such a diffuse effort is unlikely to produce good results.