Distil vs Distal - What's the difference?
distil | distal |
To subject a substance to distillation.
* 1880 , Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine of Utah
To undergo or be produced by distillation.
To make by means of distillation, especially whisky.
To exude in small drops.
To impart in small quantities.
To extract the essence of; concentrate; purify.
* 2005 , .
To trickle down or fall in small drops; ooze out.
To be manifested gently or gradually.
To drip or be wet with.
(anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle.
(dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
(linguistics) Far from the speaker.
As a verb distil
is to subject a substance to distillation.As an adjective distal is
(anatomy|geology) remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle.distil
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Alternative forms
* distill (North America)Verb
- In fact, it is used in a variety of medicines; we boil, burn, and distil it, to produce salts, corrodents, sublimates,
- Firs distil resin.
- he'll pretend not to know about mirrors or water or even seeing, but will ask you to give only what can be distilled from what you say.