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Dilute vs Delude - What's the difference?

dilute | delude |

In transitive terms the difference between dilute and delude

is that dilute is to weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance while delude is to deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.

As an adjective dilute

is having a low concentration.

dilute

English

Verb

(dilut)
  • To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution; especially by adding water.
  • * Blackmore
    • Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.
  • To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
    • Lest these colours should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light.
  • (stock market) To cause the value of individual shares to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
  • To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
    • it dilutes easily

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a low concentration.
    • Clean the panel with a dilute , neutral cleaner.
  • Weak; reduced in strength due to dilution, diluted.

    • Related terms

    * diluent * dilutant * dilution * diluvium * dilutable

    See also

    * (Concentration) * dilate

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    delude

    English

    Verb

    (delud)
  • To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
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  • * Burke
    • To delude the nation by an airy phantom.
  • (obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.
  • * Dryden
    • It deludes thy search.

    Synonyms

    * (to deceive) deceive, mislead

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