Impregnate vs Infiltrate - What's the difference?
impregnate | infiltrate |
To cause to become pregnant.
To fertilize.
To saturate, or infuse.
To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(dated) To become pregnant.
To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access.
* Addison
To cause a fluid to pass through a substance by filtration.
To send soldiers through gaps in the enemy line.
(of an intravenous needle) To move from a vein, remaining in the body.
As verbs the difference between impregnate and infiltrate
is that impregnate is to cause to become pregnant while infiltrate is to surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access.impregnate
English
Verb
(impregnat)- I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.
- It is recommended to impregnate new shoes before wearing them.
- (Addison)
Anagrams
* ----infiltrate
English
Verb
(infiltrat)- The water infiltrates through the porous rock.