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Steeping vs Infusing - What's the difference?

steeping | infusing |

As verbs the difference between steeping and infusing

is that steeping is while infusing is .

As a noun steeping

is the act by which something is steeped.

steeping

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is steeped.
  • * 1838 , George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c. (page 28)
    • It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings

    infusing

    English

    Verb

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