Infiltrate vs Seep - What's the difference?
infiltrate | seep |
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.
a small spring, pool, or other place where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface
moisture that seeps out; a seepage
A seafloor vent
As verbs the difference between infiltrate and seep
is that infiltrate is to surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access while seep is to ooze, or pass slowly through pores or other small openings.As a noun seep is
a small spring, pool, or other place where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface.infiltrate
English
Verb
(infiltrat)- The water infiltrates through the porous rock.
