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Elute vs Elate - What's the difference?

elute | elate |

In lang=en terms the difference between elute and elate

is that elute is to separate one substance from another by means of a solvent; to wash; to cleanse while elate is to lift up; raise; elevate.

As verbs the difference between elute and elate

is that elute is to separate one substance from another by means of a solvent; to wash; to cleanse while elate is to make joyful or proud.

As an adjective elate is

elated; exultant.

elute

English

Verb

(elut)
  • To separate one substance from another by means of a solvent; to wash; to cleanse.
  • 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.

    elate

    English

    Verb

    (elat)
  • To make joyful or proud.
  • To lift up; raise; elevate.
  • Adjective

    (head)
  • elated; exultant
  • * Alexander Pope
  • O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, / Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate .
  • * Mrs. H. H. Jackson
  • Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress.
  • (obsolete) Lifted up; raised; elevated.
  • * Fenton
  • with upper lip elate
  • * Sir W. Jones
  • And sovereign law, that State's collected will, / O'er thrones and globes, elate , / Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.

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