Percolate vs Percolative - What's the difference?
percolate | percolative |
To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
To drain or seep through a porous substance.
To make (coffee) in a percolator.
(figuratively) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.
As a verb percolate
is to pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.As a noun percolate
is (rare) a liquid that has been percolated.As an adjective percolative is
that percolates.percolate
English
Verb
- Water percolates through sand.
- I'll percolate some coffee.
- 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.