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Infuse vs Diffuser - What's the difference?

infuse | diffuser |

As a verb infuse

is to cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.

As a noun diffuser is

any person or thing that diffuses.

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 ----

    diffuser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any person or thing that diffuses.
  • A device designed to diffuse a scent efficiently.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 28, author=Rita Zekas, title=DecoRita visits West Elm, work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=They are in the under-$20 section, which includes a display of scented candles and diffusers . }}
  • (optics) Any device that or spreads out or scatters light, making the light appear softer.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 24, author=, title=In a Town Known for Light, a House With Very Little, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Along the sofa every three and a half feet, fluorescent tubes glow through translucent plastic diffusers . }}
  • (automotive) A shaped section of a car's underbody which improves the car's aerodynamic properties.
  • (thermodynamics) A mechanical device that is designed to control the characteristics of a fluid at the entrance to a thermodynamic open system.
  • (sewage treatment) An aerating device consisting of a membrane with fine pores, through which air is blown to generate small bubbles.
  • (cooking) A cooking item that can be placed above a stove heating element or burner to separate the cooking utensil from the heat source.
  • A hairdryer attachment that diffuses the flow of air.

    • See also

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