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Filtrate vs Infiltrate - What's the difference?

filtrate | infiltrate |

As verbs the difference between filtrate and infiltrate

is that filtrate is to filter while infiltrate is to surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access.

As a noun filtrate

is the liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from the filtride.

filtrate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from the filtride.

    • Verb

    (filtrat)
  • To filter.
    • (Arbuthnot)

    Anagrams

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    infiltrate

    English

    Verb

    (infiltrat)
  • To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access.
  • * Addison
    • The water infiltrates through the porous rock.
  • To cause a fluid to pass through a substance by filtration.
  • To send soldiers through gaps in the enemy line.
  • (of an intravenous needle) To move from a vein, remaining in the body.

    • Derived terms

    * infiltration * infiltrative * infiltrator ----