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Effuse vs Effume - What's the difference?

effuse | effume |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between effuse and effume

is that effuse is (obsolete) effusion; loss while effume is (obsolete) to breathe or puff out.

As verbs the difference between effuse and effume

is that effuse is to emit; to give off while effume is (obsolete) to breathe or puff out.

As an adjective effuse

is poured out freely; profuse.

As a noun effuse

is (obsolete) effusion; loss.

effuse

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Poured out freely; profuse.
  • * Barrow
    • So should our joy be very effuse .
  • Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
    • (Young)
  • (botany) Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
    • an effuse inflorescence
  • (zoology) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.

    • Verb

    (effus)
  • to emit; to give off
  • (figuratively) to gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something
  • To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
  • * Milton
    • With gushing blood effused .
  • to leak out through a small hole

    • Derived terms

    * effuser

    Noun

  • (obsolete) effusion; loss
  • * Shakespeare
    • Much effuse of blood.
    ----

    effume

    English

    Verb

    (effum)
  • (obsolete) To breathe or puff out.
    • (Ben Jonson)
    (Webster 1913)