Porous vs Rarefy - What's the difference?
porous | rarefy |
Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
(Of legislation) full of loopholes
(figuratively) With many gaps.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=May 14
, author=Peter Scrivener
, title=Sunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton
, work=BBC Sport
To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense
To expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to.
As a adjective porous
is full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.As a verb rarefy is
to make rare, thin, porous, or less dense.porous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.
- Concrete is porous , so water will slowly filter through it.
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