Insulate vs Inoculate - What's the difference?
insulate | inoculate |
To separate, detach, or isolate.
To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.
(immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body, as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
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(by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
To add one substance to another; to spike.
To graft by inserting buds.
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(figurative) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue.
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As verbs the difference between insulate and inoculate
is that insulate is to separate, detach, or isolate while inoculate is to introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body, as to produce immunity to a specific disease.insulate
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Verb
- Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.
Synonyms
* isolateExternal links
* * ----inoculate
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Alternative forms
* innoculateVerb
- The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.
- to inoculate the bud of one tree or plant into another
- to inoculate a tree
- to inoculate someone with treason or infidelity