Percolate vs Pervade - What's the difference?
percolate | pervade |
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.
To be in every part of; to spread through
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As verbs the difference between percolate and pervade
is that percolate is to pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter while pervade is to be in every part of; to spread through.As a noun percolate
is (rare) a liquid that has been percolated.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.