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Scald vs Infuse - What's the difference?

scald | infuse |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between scald and infuse

is that scald is (obsolete) paltry; worthless while infuse is (obsolete) to pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

As verbs the difference between scald and infuse

is that scald is to burn with hot liquid while infuse is to cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.

As a noun scald

is a burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam or scald can be (obsolete) scaliness; a scabby skin disease or scald can be .

As an adjective scald

is (obsolete) affected with the scab; scabby.

scald

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl),

Verb

(en verb)
  • To burn with hot liquid.
  • to scald the hand
  • * 1605 , , IV. vii. 48:
  • Mine own tears / Do scald like molten lead.
  • * Cowley
  • Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.
  • (cooking) To heat almost to boiling.
  • Scald the milk until little bubbles form.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
  • Etymology 2

    Alteration of (scall).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , I.vii:
  • Her craftie head was altogether bald, / And as in hate of honorable eld, / Was ouergrowne with scurfe and filthy scald .
  • *, II.12:
  • Some heale Horses, some cure men, some the plague, some the scald .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Affected with the scab; scabby.
  • * 1599 , , III. i. 110:
  • and let us knog our / prains together to be revenge on this same scald , scurvy, / cogging companion,
  • (obsolete) Paltry; worthless.
  • * 1598 , , V. ii. 215:
  • Saucy lictors / Will catch at us like strumpets, and scald rhymers / Ballad us out o' tune.

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A war song such as was of yore chanted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons. — Sir Walter Scott.
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * *

    References

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    infuse

    English

    Verb

    (infus)
  • To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
  • To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
  • * Coxe
  • One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.
  • To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
  • * Shakespeare
  • Infuse his breast with magnanimity.
  • * Shakespeare
  • infusing him with self and vain conceit
  • To instill as a quality.
  • * Shakespeare
  • That souls of animals infuse themselves / Into the trunks of men.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son, which himself never possessed, or knew, or found the want of, in the acquisition of his wealth?
  • To undergo infusion.
  • * Let it infuse for five minutes.
  • To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • (obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
  • * Denham
  • That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse .

    References

    * 1902 Webster's International dictionary. * 1984 Consise Oxford 7th ed.

    See also

    * fuse ----