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Exudate vs Malaise - What's the difference?

exudate | malaise |

As a noun exudate

is a fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.

As a verb exudate

is (obsolete) to exude.

As an adjective malaise is

difficult, awkward.

exudate

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.
  • *1861 Stephen Jennings Goodfellow - Lectures on the Diseases of the Kidney, Generally Known as Brights Disease, and Dropsy
  • *:The whitish lines of exudate seem at times to penetrate even between the straight tubes . . .
  • *2005 Selma Tibi - The Medicinal Use of Opium in Ninth-century Baghdad
  • *:When this is done, one should leave the poppy for some time, then return to it and gather any further exudate .
  • Verb

    (exudat)
  • (obsolete) To exude.
  • (Sir Thomas Browne)

    malaise

    Noun

    (-)
  • A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.
  • An ambiguous feeling of mental or moral depression.
  • Ill will or hurtful feelings for others or someone.
  • Synonyms

    * angst * doldrums * ill at ease * melancholy * unease * weltschmerz