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Expel vs Irradiate - What's the difference?

expel | irradiate |

As verbs the difference between expel and irradiate

is that expel is to eject or erupt while irradiate is to throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.

As an adjective irradiate is

illuminated; irradiated; made brilliant or splendid.

expel

English

Verb

  • To eject or erupt.
  • (obsolete) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
  • * , II.xi:
  • But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell .
  • To remove from membership.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis
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  • To deport.
  • Synonyms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), turf out

    Antonyms

    * impel

    irradiate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
  • * Sir W. Jones
  • Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields.
  • To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate.
  • to irradiate the mind
  • * Bishop George Bull
  • And indeed we ought, in these happy intervals, when our understandings are thus irradiated and enlightened, to make a judgment of the state and condition of our souls in the sight of God
  • To animate by heat or light.
  • To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
  • * H. James
  • a splendid facade, irradiating hospitality
  • To emit rays; to shine.
  • To treat (food) with ionizing radiation in order to destroy bacteria
  • Adjective

    (head)
  • Illuminated; irradiated; made brilliant or splendid.
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