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Effuse vs Infuse - What's the difference?

effuse | infuse |

In lang=en terms the difference between effuse and infuse

is that effuse is to leak out through a small hole while infuse is to make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between effuse and infuse

is that effuse is (obsolete) effusion; loss while infuse is (obsolete) to pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

As verbs the difference between effuse and infuse

is that effuse is to emit; to give off while infuse is to cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.

As an adjective effuse

is poured out freely; profuse.

As a noun effuse

is (obsolete) effusion; loss.

effuse

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Poured out freely; profuse.
  • * Barrow
    • So should our joy be very effuse .
  • Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
    • (Young)
  • (botany) Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
    • an effuse inflorescence
  • (zoology) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.

    • Verb

    (effus)
  • to emit; to give off
  • (figuratively) to gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something
  • To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
  • * Milton
    • With gushing blood effused .
  • to leak out through a small hole

    • Derived terms

    * effuser

    Noun

  • (obsolete) effusion; loss
  • * Shakespeare
    • Much effuse of blood.
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    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 ----