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Emit vs Transpire - What's the difference?

emit | transpire |

As verbs the difference between emit and transpire

is that emit is while transpire is .

emit

English

Verb

(emitt)
  • To send out or give off.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * emission

    Anagrams

    * item * mite * time ----

    transpire

    English

    (Transpiration)

    Verb

  • To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
  • (obsolete) To perspire.
  • (botany) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
  • To become known; to escape from secrecy.
  • The proceedings of the council soon transpired .
  • * De Quincey
  • The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.
  • (loosely) To happen, take place.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 166:
  • Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired .

    Synonyms

    * (become known) be revealed, be discovered, come to light * (happen) come about, come to pass, occur * (perspire) perspire, sweat

    Derived terms

    * transpiration

    Anagrams

    * ----