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Intergrate vs Penetrate - What's the difference?

intergrate | penetrate |

As a verb penetrate is

to enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.

intergrate

Not English

Intergrate has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'intergrate':

interweave, interwove, intertwine, intercourse, intractable, interplate, intersperse, intervene, immoderate, interpolate, interface, intermingle, interline, interstice, introduce, interlude, interfere, interviewee, intricate, intracase, interrogate, intrusive, internecine, interchange, intracule, intercede, intervise, intercalate, interpose, interstate, interactive, internalize, interlace, internode, interspace, interleave, interphase, intrigante, interoffice, interzine, intermise, interclude, intermeddle, interpone, intrastate, interlope, interfile, interrelate, interdine, interactome, interstage, intrapore, intervenue, intertitle, intervenose, intersample, intraphase, intraplate, intervolve, interframe, intraframe, internalise, intraclade, interleague, interpulse, interdune, interjudge, interspike, intersite, interridge, intergrase, intricable, interforce, interiorize, interminate, interposure, intergrade, interfuse, intermale, intercaste, intertube, intercycle, intracycle, interscale, interplane, intrapulse, intrasite, intramode, intersphere, interstroke, intracrine, interfluve, internecive, intreasure, inutterable, intraleague, interscribe, intermediae, intraoffice, intercave, indurable, intersilite, imiterite, inderborite, intercome, innutritive, interdome, intertangle, interpledge, intreatance, interpause, indurance, intractile, interlapse, indorsable, immateriate, interplace, intermede, interpale, intreatable, inthronize, intermine, introsume, interwave, intergene, inturbidate, inodorate, interclose, interduce, interphone, interlexeme, intervale, intermate, intercase, interlake, interclade, interphrase, introducee

penetrate

English

(Penetration)

Verb

(penetrat)
  • To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
  • Light penetrates darkness.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1879, title=The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph
  • , author=Th Du Moncel, page=166, publisher=Harper , passage=He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.}}
  • (figuratively) To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.
  • I could not penetrate Burke's opaque rhetoric.
  • * Ray
  • things which here were too subtile for us to penetrate
  • To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
  • to penetrate one's heart with pity
  • * M. Arnold
  • The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style.
    (Shakespeare)
  • To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
  • To insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina or anus. (rfex)
  • Derived terms

    * penetration * penetrable