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Pervasive vs Proliferate - What's the difference?

pervasive | proliferate |

As an adjective pervasive

is manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.

As a verb proliferate is

to increase in number or spread rapidly.

pervasive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
  • The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.

    Synonyms

    * (manifested throughout) penetrating, permeating, pervading

    proliferate

    English

    Verb

    (proliferat)
  • To increase in number or spread rapidly.
  • The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries.  By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}