Rarefied vs Dilute - What's the difference?
rarefied | dilute |
Esoteric.
Less dense than usual.
(rarefy)
To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution; especially by adding water.
* Blackmore
To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
* Sir Isaac Newton
(stock market) To cause the value of individual shares to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
Having a low concentration.
Weak; reduced in strength due to dilution, diluted.
As adjectives the difference between rarefied and dilute
is that rarefied is esoteric while dilute is having a low concentration.As verbs the difference between rarefied and dilute
is that rarefied is past tense of rarefy while dilute is to make thinner by adding solvent to a solution; especially by adding water.rarefied
English
Alternative forms
* rarifiedAdjective
(en adjective)- The air at the top of a high mountain is rarefied .
Verb
(head)dilute
English
Verb
(dilut)- Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.
- Lest these colours should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light.
- it dilutes easily
Adjective
(en adjective)- Clean the panel with a dilute , neutral cleaner.