Foliates vs Filiates - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between foliates and filiates

is that foliates is (foliate) while filiates is (filiate).

(head)

(foliate)

(en adjective)

of or relating to leaves

shaped like a leaf

(geology) foliated

* subfoliate

(en-verb)

To form into leaves.

To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.

(Francis Bacon)

To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver.

to foliate a looking-glass

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(head)

(filiate)

(filiat)

To adopt as son or daughter.

To establish filiation between.

(Southey)

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