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Effusion vs Affusion - What's the difference?

effusion | affusion |

As nouns the difference between effusion and affusion

is that effusion is a liquid outpouring while affusion is the pouring of liquid.

effusion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a liquid outpouring.
  • (by extension) a speech or emotion outpouring.
  • * 1930; , (Morrie Ryskind), (Bert Kalmar), (Harry Ruby); (Animal Crackers) , (Paramount Pictures)
    • Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion ...
  • (medicine) the seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself

    • affusion

    English

    (wikipedia affusion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The pouring of liquid.
  • A method of Christian baptism where water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.

    • Usage notes

    Sometimes confused with effusion, "an outpouring of liquid".