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What is the difference between infusion and input?

infusion | input |

As nouns the difference between infusion and input

is that infusion is a product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities while input is the act or process of putting in; infusion.

As a verb input is

to put in; put on.

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.

    • input

    English

    (wikipedia input)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of putting in; infusion.
  • That which is put in, as in an amount.
  • Contribution, or share in a contribution.
  • Something fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the outputs of that process.

    • Derived terms

    * input device

    Related terms

    * output

    Verb

  • To put in; put on.
  • To data.
    • The user inputs his date of birth and the computer displays his age.
  • To accept data that is entered.
  • * 2009 , J Stanley Warford, Computer Systems
    • The program inputs a value for the integer variable num and compares it with the constant integer limit.

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs English verbs with base form identical to past participle