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Tincture vs Steep - What's the difference?

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Tincture is a related term of steep.


As nouns the difference between tincture and steep

is that tincture is a pigment or other substance that colours or dyes while steep is a liquid used in a steeping process.

As verbs the difference between tincture and steep

is that tincture is to stain or impregnate (something) with colour while steep is (ambitransitive) to soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove components to or from the item.

As an adjective steep is

of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

tincture

English

(wikipedia tincture)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
  • A tint, or an added colour.
  • (heraldry) A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
  • An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
  • (humorous) A small alcoholic drink.
  • An essential characteristic.
  • * 1924 , ARISTOTLE. . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 6.
    • for the earlier thinkers had no tincture of dialectic
  • The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
  • A slight taste superadded to any substance.
    • a tincture of orange peel
  • A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • All manners take a tincture from our own.
  • * Macaulay
    • Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and scarcely any man more than a slight tincture.

    Verb

    (tinctur)
  • to stain or impregnate (something) with colour

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    steep

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) . The sense of “sharp slope” is attested circa 1200; the sense “expensive” is attested US 1856.

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
    • a steep''' hill or mountain; a '''steep''' roof; a '''steep''' ascent; a '''steep barometric gradient
  • (informal) expensive
    • Twenty quid for a shave? That's a bit steep .
  • (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
    • (Chapman)
  • (of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular
    • The steep rake of the windshield enhances the fast lines of the exterior. [http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070303/news_lz1dd3maynard.html]

    Synonyms

    * brant

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) stepen, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove components to or from the item
    • They steep skins in a tanning solution to create leather.
    The tea is steeping .
  • * Wordsworth
    • In refreshing dew to steep / The little, trembling flowers.
  • To imbue with something.
  • * Earle
    • The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin.
    a town steeped in history
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Noun

  • A liquid used in a steeping process
    • Corn steep has many industrial uses.
  • A rennet bag.

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