Imbue vs Tincture - What's the difference?
imbue | tincture | Synonyms |
(transitive): To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
A tint, or an added colour.
(heraldry) A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
(humorous) A small alcoholic drink.
An essential characteristic.
* 1924 , ARISTOTLE. . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 6.
The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
A slight taste superadded to any substance.
A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
* Alexander Pope
* Macaulay
to stain or impregnate (something) with colour
Imbue is a synonym of tincture.
As verbs the difference between imbue and tincture
is that imbue is (transitive): to wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality while tincture is to stain or impregnate (something) with colour.As a noun tincture is
a pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.imbue
English
Verb
(imbu)- The shirt was imbued with his scent.
- The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.
Usage notes
* Imbue takes meaning from the word imbibe, which means "to absorb or to be filled with".tincture
English
(wikipedia tincture)Noun
(en noun)- for the earlier thinkers had no tincture of dialectic
- a tincture of orange peel
- All manners take a tincture from our own.
- Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and scarcely any man more than a slight tincture.
