Extract vs Empty - What's the difference?
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That which is extracted or drawn out.
A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract.
(obsolete) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.
Ancestry; descent.
A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
* Milton
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, title= To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
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, title= To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
* Jonathan Swift
(arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
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(computing, programming) Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
(obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of .
* Milton
* Shakespeare
Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Exodus iii. 21
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
* Cibber
Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
* Alexander Pope
Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
(obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
* Bible, Genesis xli. 27
Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
* Shakespeare
(ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
* Bible, Eccl. xi. 3
A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between extract and empty
is that extract is (obsolete) a peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle while empty is (obsolete) producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.As nouns the difference between extract and empty
is that extract is that which is extracted or drawn out while empty is a container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty .As verbs the difference between extract and empty
is that extract is to draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc while empty is (ergative) to make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.As an adjective empty is
devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.extract
English
(wikipedia extract)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (that which is extracted) extraction * origin, extractionDerived terms
* yeast extractSee also
* tinctureVerb
(en verb)- to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger
- The bee / Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).}}
- to extract an essential oil from a plant
A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
- I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods.
Synonyms
* (to take by selection) (l)empty
English
Adjective
(er)- an empty''' purse; an '''empty''' jug; an '''empty stomach
citation, page= , passage=United's stature is such that one result must not bring the immediate announcement of a shift in the balance of power in Manchester - but the swathes of empty seats around Old Trafford and the wave of attacks pouring towards David de Gea's goal in the second half emphasised that City quite simply have greater firepower and talent in their squad at present.}}
- that fair female troop empty of all good
- I shall find you empty of that fault.
- an empty messenger
- When ye go ye shall not go empty .
- empty words, or threats
- Words are but empty thanks.
- empty pleasures
- pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise
- empty dreams
- an empty vine
- seven empty ears blasted with the east wind
- empty''' brains; an '''empty coxcomb
- that in civility thou seem'st so empty
Synonyms
* (devoid of content) unoccupied, clear, , toom, cleanAntonyms
* fullDerived terms
* empty-handed * emptiness * empty product * empty set * empty sumVerb
- to empty a well or a cistern
- The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.
- The clouds empty themselves upon the earth.
Antonyms
* fillDerived terms
* empty the tankNoun
(empties)- Put the empties out to be recycled.