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Eventilate vs Ventilate - What's the difference?

eventilate | ventilate |

As verbs the difference between eventilate and ventilate

is that eventilate is (obsolete) to winnow out; to fan while ventilate is to replace stale or noxious air with fresh.

eventilate

English

Verb

(eventilat)
  • (obsolete) To winnow out; to fan.
  • (Cockeram)
  • (obsolete) To discuss; to ventilate.
  • (Johnson)
    (Webster 1913)

    ventilate

    English

    Verb

    (ventilat)
  • To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
  • To circulate air through a building, etc.
  • To provide with a vent.
  • To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
  • To expose something to public examination or discussion.
  • (medicine) To provide manual or mechanical breathing to a patient.