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Transpire vs Leak - What's the difference?

transpire | leak |

In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between transpire and leak

is that transpire is (obsolete) to perspire while leak is (obsolete) leaky.

As verbs the difference between transpire and leak

is that transpire is to give off (vapour, waste matter etc); to exhale (an odour etc) while leak is to allow fluid to escape or enter something that should be sealed.

As a noun leak is

a crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.

As an adjective leak is

(obsolete) leaky.

transpire

English

(Transpiration)

Verb

  • To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
  • (obsolete) To perspire.
  • (botany) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
  • To become known; to escape from secrecy.
    • The proceedings of the council soon transpired .
  • * De Quincey
    • The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.
  • (loosely) To happen, take place.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 166:
    • Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired .

    Synonyms

    * (become known) be revealed, be discovered, come to light * (happen) come about, come to pass, occur * (perspire) perspire, sweat

    Derived terms

    * transpiration

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    leak

    English

    Noun

    (leak) (en noun)
  • A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
    • a leak in a roof
    a leak in a boat
    a leak in a gas pipe
  • The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
    • The leak gained on the ship's pumps.
  • A divulgation, or disclosure, of information held secret until then.
    • The leaks by Chelsea Manning showed the secrets of the US military.
  • The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred.
    • The press must have learned about the plan through a leak .
  • (computing) The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
    • resource leak
    memory leak
  • An act of urination.
    • I have to take a leak .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To allow fluid to escape or enter something that should be sealed.
    • The faucet has been leaking since last month.
  • To reveal secret information.
    • ''Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Leaky.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.8:
    • Yet is the bottle leake , and bag so torne, / That all which I put in fals out anon […].

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