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Improvise vs Inflate - What's the difference?

improvise | inflate |

As verbs the difference between improvise and inflate

is that improvise is while inflate is to enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally.

improvise

English

Verb

  • To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, instinct, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
  • He had no speech prepared, so he improvised .
    They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.
    She improvised a lovely solo.

    Synonyms

    * fly by the seat of one's pants, play by ear, punt, think on one's feet, wing it

    Derived terms

    * improvisation * improvisational

    See also

    * extemporaneous * impromptu * off the cuff ----

    inflate

    English

    Verb

    (inflat)
  • To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
  • You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.
  • * J. Scott of Amwell
  • When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.
  • To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
  • The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.
  • (figurative) To swell; to puff up.
  • to inflate somebody with pride or vanity
  • * Tennyson
  • Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
  • To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
  • Antonyms

    * deflate

    Derived terms

    * inflated * inflatingly