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Infilter vs Infiltrate - What's the difference?

infilter | infiltrate |

As verbs the difference between infilter and infiltrate

is that infilter is to filter or sift in while infiltrate is to surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access.

infilter

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To filter or sift in.
  • (Webster 1913)

    infiltrate

    English

    Verb

    (infiltrat)
  • To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access.
  • * Addison
  • The water infiltrates through the porous rock.
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    * infiltration * infiltrative * infiltrator ----