Dampen vs Suffuse - What's the difference?
dampen | suffuse | Related terms |
To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
* The Century
* 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, ,
To become damp; to deaden.
To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to perfuse.
(figuratively) To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid.
Dampen is a related term of suffuse.
As verbs the difference between dampen and suffuse
is that dampen is to smoke, to give off smoke while suffuse is to spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to perfuse.dampen
English
Verb
(en verb)- In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
- Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus.
Anagrams
* * English ergative verbs ----suffuse
English
Verb
(suffus)- The entire room was suffused with a golden light.
- The warmth suffused his cold fingers.