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What is the difference between flatulate and flatulent?

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Flatulate is a related term of flatulent.


As a verb flatulate

is to emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound.

As a adjective flatulent is

affected by gas in the intestine; likely to fart.

flatulate

English

Verb

(flatulat)
  • To emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound.
  • * 1985 , James L. Framo, “Rationale and Techniques of Intensive Family Therapy,” in Intensive Family Therapy, Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy and James L. Framo eds. [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=kfmXSIJPvqEC&pg=PA206&lpg=PA206&sig=b3bCCRJV6GdT6XexcyD0xVyRv88],
  • Where else but in his own castle, with his own family, can a person pick his nose, flatulate , lose his temper with impunity, whine, let the child in him emerge—in short, regress and “be himself”?
  • * 2001 , David Kerans, Mind and Labor on the Farm in Black-Earth Russia [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=SN28F6LNYJoC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&sig=TxBZb0PuzZQD6OuKnQXuKucBX1A],
  • Horses defecate and flatulate on the move.
  • * 2003 , Vamik D Volkan, The Third Reich in the Unconscious [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=wCwan_Ke3F4C&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&sig=zg3oFEhd0DWY8D4bYGx2SIx3ieg],
  • While in the bathtub, he thought that he had to flatulate , but defecated instead. His mother had berated him mercilessly.

    Synonyms

    * (slang) fart * (slang) trump * See also

    Coordinate terms

    * queef

    flatulent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Affected by gas in the intestine; likely to fart.
  • (obsolete) Vain.
  • Synonyms

    * windy * gassy * breezy * curmurring * See also

    Derived terms

    * flatulently