Debase vs Dilute - What's the difference?
debase | dilute |
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
(archaic) To lower in position or rank.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.
To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution; especially by adding water.
* Blackmore
To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
* Sir Isaac Newton
(stock market) To cause the value of individual shares to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
Having a low concentration.
Weak; reduced in strength due to dilution, diluted.
In transitive terms the difference between debase and dilute
is that debase is to lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins while dilute is to weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.As an adjective dilute is
having a low concentration.debase
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Verb
(debas)Synonyms
* adulterate, degrade, demeanDerived terms
* debased * debasedness * debasement * debaser * undebasedReferences
Anagrams
*dilute
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Verb
(dilut)- Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.
- Lest these colours should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light.
- it dilutes easily
Adjective
(en adjective)- Clean the panel with a dilute , neutral cleaner.