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Drainage vs Exudate - What's the difference?

drainage | exudate |

As nouns the difference between drainage and exudate

is that drainage is a natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area while exudate is a fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.

As a verb exudate is

to exude.

drainage

English

(wikipedia drainage)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area.
  • A system of drains.

    • Derived terms

    * positive drainage

    Anagrams

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    exudate

    English

    (wikipedia exudate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.
  • *1861 Stephen Jennings Goodfellow - Lectures on the Diseases of the Kidney, Generally Known as Brights Disease, and Dropsy
  • *:The whitish lines of exudate seem at times to penetrate even between the straight tubes . . .
  • *2005 Selma Tibi - The Medicinal Use of Opium in Ninth-century Baghdad
  • *:When this is done, one should leave the poppy for some time, then return to it and gather any further exudate .

    • Verb

    (exudat)
  • (obsolete) To exude.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)