Brew vs Infusion - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between brew and infusion is that brew is the mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage while infusion is tea ( infusion made from herbs). As a verb brew is to prepare (usually a beverage) by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
brew English
Verb
( en verb)
To prepare (usually a beverage) by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
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- Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely.
To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to hatch.
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- Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver!
To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
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- I wash, wring, brew , bake, scour.
To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
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- There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest.
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(obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.
Noun
( en noun)
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage.
(slang) A beer.
(British, NZ) A cup of tea.
(British, NZ) The act of making a cup of tea.
(British, informal) A hill.
Derived terms
* brewage
* brewer
* brewhouse
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infusion English
Noun
( en noun)
A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
- An extract of rooibos and chamomile makes a refreshing infusion .
The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
The act of installing a quality into a person.
* 1602 : , act V scene 1
- [...] but in the verity of extolment / I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion / of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of / him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would / trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.
(obsolete) The act of dipping into a fluid.
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