Effuse vs Suffuse - What's the difference?
effuse | suffuse |
Poured out freely; profuse.
* Barrow
Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
(botany) Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
(zoology) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.
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
to leak out through a small hole
(obsolete) effusion; loss
* Shakespeare
To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to perfuse.
(figuratively) To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid.
In transitive terms the difference between effuse and suffuse
is that effuse is to emit; to give off while suffuse is to spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to perfuse.As an adjective effuse
is poured out freely; profuse.As a noun effuse
is effusion; loss.effuse
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- So should our joy be very effuse .
- (Young)
- an effuse inflorescence
Verb
(effus)- With gushing blood effused .
Derived terms
* effuserNoun
- Much effuse of blood.
suffuse
English
Verb
(suffus)- The entire room was suffused with a golden light.
- The warmth suffused his cold fingers.