Eludes vs Elutes - What's the difference?
eludes | elutes |
(elude)
To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 26.
To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip.
* {{quote-news
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To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to.
(elute)
To separate one substance from another by means of a solvent; to wash; to cleanse.
As verbs the difference between eludes and elutes
is that eludes is while elutes is .eludes
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* ----elude
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(elud)- Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it.
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elutes
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(head)elute
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(elut)- A mixture of isooctane and ethyl acetate can be used to elute triglycerides from a complex lipid solution.
References
*Elute, Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 2007.