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Porous vs Sievelike - What's the difference?

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Porous is a synonym of sievelike.


As adjectives the difference between porous and sievelike

is that porous is full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through while sievelike is resembling a sieve; thus, having holes through which fluids can pass.

porous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
    • Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.
    Concrete is porous , so water will slowly filter through it.
  • (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 citation , page= , passage=However, Wolves porous defence opened up again to gift Sunderland a foothold in the game - Sessegnon sweeping in a Zenden corner that was inexplicably allowed to bounce in the six-yard box. }}

    Synonyms

    * (full of holes ): permeable

    sievelike

    English

    Alternative forms

    *sieve-like

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a sieve; thus, having holes through which fluids can pass
    • a sievelike membrane

    Synonyms

    * ethmoid, ethmoidal