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Evaporate vs Yawn - What's the difference?

evaporate | yawn |

As verbs the difference between evaporate and yawn

is that evaporate is to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state while yawn is to open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.

As a noun yawn is

the action of ; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired.

evaporate

English

Verb

(evaporat)
  • to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
  • to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion
    • to evaporate apples
  • to give vent to; to dissipate
  • * Sir H. Wotton
    • My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.
  • (figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect
  • * Francis Bacon
    • To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate is a safe way.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=March 2 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The hosts initially looked like they lacked a spring in their step, but fears of further agony evaporated in the seventh minute with a goal of typical Arsenal quality.}}

    Related terms

    * evaporation * evaporator * vapour

    yawn

    English

    (wikipedia yawn)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
    • I could see my students yawning , so I knew the lesson was boring them.
  • * Trumbull
    • And while above he spends his breath, / The yawning audience nod beneath.
  • To present a wide opening.
    • The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck.
    Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Tis now the very witching time of night, / When churchyards yawn .
  • To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.
    • to yawn for fat livings
  • * Landor
    • one long, yawning gaze

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of ; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired.
  • A particularly boring event.
    • The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn . I was glad when it finished.

    Derived terms

    * multicolour yawn * Technicolor yawn * yawnfest

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