Scavenge vs Purge - What's the difference?
scavenge | purge |
to collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material
to remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities
to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle
to feed on carrion or refuse
An act of .
(medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
A cleansing of pipes.
A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
(religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
* Bible, Psalms lxxix. 9
* Addison
(medicine) to void (the bowels); to vomit.
(medicine) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
(legal) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
To become pure, as by clarification.
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
In transitive terms the difference between scavenge and purge
is that scavenge is to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle while purge is to clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).In intransitive terms the difference between scavenge and purge
is that scavenge is to feed on carrion or refuse while purge is to have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.As a noun purge is
an act of purging.scavenge
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(en-verb)Derived terms
* scavenger * scavenge pumppurge
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(wikipedia purge)Noun
(en noun)- Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.
- (Arbuthnot)
Verb
(purg)- Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
- We'll join our cares to purge away / Our country's crimes.