Irradiate vs Radiate - What's the difference?
irradiate | radiate |
To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
* Sir W. Jones
To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate.
* Bishop George Bull
To animate by heat or light.
To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
* H. James
To emit rays; to shine.
To treat (food) with ionizing radiation in order to destroy bacteria
Illuminated; irradiated; made brilliant or splendid.
To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
To emit rays or waves.
To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
* John Locke
To illuminate.
To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
to spread into new habitats, migrate.
Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
(botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
(biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
(zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.
Radiate is a synonym of irradiate.
In transitive terms the difference between irradiate and radiate
is that irradiate is to treat (food) with ionizing radiation in order to destroy bacteria while radiate is to manifest oneself in a glowing manner.In intransitive terms the difference between irradiate and radiate
is that irradiate is to emit rays; to shine while radiate is to come out or proceed in rays or waves.As a noun radiate is
one of the Radiata.irradiate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields.
- to irradiate the mind
- And indeed we ought, in these happy intervals, when our understandings are thus irradiated and enlightened, to make a judgment of the state and condition of our souls in the sight of God
- a splendid facade, irradiating hospitality
Adjective
(head)References
* * ----radiate
English
(radiation)Verb
(radiat)- The stove radiates heat.
- The heat radiates from a stove.
- Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
Synonyms
* (to expose to radiation) irradiateDerived terms
* radiatorAdjective
(en adjective)- a radiate crystal
