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Infuse vs Clothe - What's the difference?

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Infuse is a related term of clothe.


In lang=en terms the difference between infuse and clothe

is that infuse is to make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate while clothe is to adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.

As verbs the difference between infuse and clothe

is that infuse is to cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill while clothe is to adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.

infuse

English

Verb

(infus)
  • To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
  • To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
  • * Coxe
  • One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.
  • To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
  • * Shakespeare
  • Infuse his breast with magnanimity.
  • * Shakespeare
  • infusing him with self and vain conceit
  • To instill as a quality.
  • * Shakespeare
  • That souls of animals infuse themselves / Into the trunks of men.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son, which himself never possessed, or knew, or found the want of, in the acquisition of his wealth?
  • To undergo infusion.
  • * Let it infuse for five minutes.
  • To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • (obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
  • * Denham
  • That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse .

    References

    * 1902 Webster's International dictionary. * 1984 Consise Oxford 7th ed.

    See also

    * fuse ----

    clothe

    English

    Verb

  • To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
  • to feed and clothe''' a family; to '''clothe oneself extravagantly
  • * Shakespeare
  • Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 21
  • Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
  • * Goldsmith
  • The naked every day he clad , / When he put on his clothes.
  • (figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
  • to clothe somebody with authority or power
  • * Watts
  • language in which they can clothe their thoughts
  • * J. Dyer
  • His sides are clothed with waving wood.
  • * Milton
  • words clothed in reason's garb