Implant vs Inoculate - What's the difference?
implant | inoculate |
To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
To insert (something) surgically into the body.
Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb.
Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly (breast implant)s.
(travel) A representative of a travel company, working within the office of a large client and exclusively dealing with that client.
(immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body, as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
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(by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
To add one substance to another; to spike.
To graft by inserting buds.
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(figurative) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue.
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As verbs the difference between implant and inoculate
is that implant is while inoculate is (immunology) to introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body, as to produce immunity to a specific disease.implant
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Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (fix firmly or set securely or deeply ): embed/imbed, engraft, engrain, graft, insert, instil/instill, plant, root * (insert (something) surgically into the body''): graft (''from another part of the body )Derived terms
* implantableNoun
(wikipedia implant) (en noun)Derived terms
* (breast implant) (l)inoculate
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Alternative forms
* innoculateVerb
- The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.
- to inoculate the bud of one tree or plant into another
- to inoculate a tree
- to inoculate someone with treason or infidelity