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Percolate vs Overperked - What's the difference?

percolate | overperked |

As a verb percolate

is to pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

As a noun percolate

is a liquid that has been percolated.

As an adjective overperked is

excessively percolated.

percolate

English

Verb

  • To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
  • To drain or seep through a porous substance.
    • Water percolates through sand.
  • To make (coffee) in a percolator.
    • I'll percolate some coffee.
  • (figuratively) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.
    • Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.
    Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.

    Related terms

    * percolation * percolator

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A liquid that has been percolated.

    • overperked

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Excessively percolated.
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    • A faint whiff of marijuana blends with the fumes of diesel trucks, the smell of boiling cabbage, overperked coffee, and the kitchen exhaust from a nearby Oriental restaurant.