Imbued vs Permeated - What's the difference?
imbued | permeated |
(imbue)
(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.
(permeate)
To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.
To enter and spread through; to pervade.
A watery by-product of milk production.
As verbs the difference between imbued and permeated
is that imbued is past tense of imbue while permeated is past tense of permeate.imbued
English
Verb
(head)imbue
English
Verb
(imbu)- The shirt was imbued with his scent.
- The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.