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Exfiltration vs Seepage - What's the difference?

exfiltration | seepage |

As nouns the difference between exfiltration and seepage

is that exfiltration is (military) the process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory) while seepage is the process by which a liquid leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping.

exfiltration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
  • (civil engineering) A method for managing storm water runoff.
  • (sciences) A filtering out (usually movement of a substance through a barrier).
  • (biology) A gradual movement of a substance to exterior (as through cell membrane to extracellular fluid or medium).
  • (computing) Covert extraction of data.

    • Antonyms

    * infiltration

    seepage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the process by which a liquid leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping
  • water that seeped or oozed through a porous soil

    • See also

    * seepage bed