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Pervade vs Imbue - What's the difference?

pervade | imbue |

As verbs the difference between pervade and imbue

is that pervade is to be in every part of; to spread through while imbue is : To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.

pervade

English

Verb

(pervad)
  • To be in every part of; to spread through
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  • *:"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places."

    • Anagrams

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    imbue

    English

    Verb

    (imbu)
  • (transitive): To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
    • The shirt was imbued with his scent.
  • In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
    • The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.

    Usage notes

    * Imbue takes meaning from the word imbibe, which means "to absorb or to be filled with".