Foliate vs Foliage - What's the difference?
foliate | foliage |
To form into leaves.
To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver.
The leaves of plants.
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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage , and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
(lb) Fall foliage.
An architectural ornament representing foliage.
As an adjective foliate
is of or relating to leaves.As a verb foliate
is to form into leaves.As a noun foliage is
the leaves of plants.foliate
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Derived terms
* subfoliateVerb
(en-verb)- (Francis Bacon)
- to foliate a looking-glass