Prevail vs Percolate - What's the difference?
prevail | percolate |
To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
* , Exodus 17:11
To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
To succeed in persuading]] or [[induce, inducing.
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.
In lang=en terms the difference between prevail and percolate
is that prevail is to succeed in persuading]] or [[induce|inducing while percolate is to make (coffee) in a percolator.As verbs the difference between prevail and percolate
is that prevail is to be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others while percolate is to pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.As a noun percolate is
(rare) a liquid that has been percolated.prevail
English
Verb
(en verb)- Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
- And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed'; and when he let down his hand, Amalek ' prevailed .
- In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
- I prevailed on him to wait.
Derived terms
* cooler heads will prevailReferences
* *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.
