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Distill vs Transform - What's the difference?

distill | transform |

In transitive terms the difference between distill and transform

is that distill is to extract the essence of; concentrate; purify while transform is to change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.

In intransitive terms the difference between distill and transform

is that distill is to drip or be wet with while transform is to undergo a transformation.

As a noun transform is

the result of a transformation.

distill

English

Alternative forms

* distil (Commonwealth)

Verb

(en verb)
  • (lb) To subject a substance to distillation.
  • (lb) To undergo or be produced by distillation.
  • (lb) To make by means of distillation, especially whisky.
  • (lb) To exude in small drops.
  • :
  • (lb) To impart in small quantities.
  • (lb) To extract the essence of; concentrate; purify.
  • *
  • *:Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.
  • (lb) To trickle down or fall in small drops; ooze out.
  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:Soft showers distilled , and suns grew warm in vain.
  • *Sir (Walter Raleigh) (ca.1554-1618)
  • *:The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia.
  • (lb) To be manifested gently or gradually.
  • (lb) To drip or be wet with.
  • Derived terms

    * distill an interface * distill out * distillable * distiller * distillery * distillment

    transform

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To change greatly the appearance or form of.
  • The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Love may transform me to an oyster.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author= , title=Well-connected Brains , volume=100, issue=2, page=171 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, […].}}
  • To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
  • * Bible, Romans xii. 2
  • Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
  • (mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
  • (electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
  • (genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
  • To undergo a transformation.
  • Synonyms

    * (change greatly the appearance or form of) alter, change, convert, make over, transmogrify * (sense) alter, change * (undergo a transformation) alter, change

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) the result of a transformation
  • Derived terms

    * Fourier transform