Transmit vs Transmute - What's the difference?
transmit | transmute |
To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another.
To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal.
To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity.
To communicate news or information.
To convey energy or force through a mechanism.
To send out a signal (as opposed to receive).
To change, transform or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.
To change, transform or convert to another, or from one state or form to another.
In transitive terms the difference between transmit and transmute
is that transmit is to convey energy or force through a mechanism while transmute is to change, transform or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.In intransitive terms the difference between transmit and transmute
is that transmit is to send out a signal (as opposed to receive) while transmute is to change, transform or convert to another, or from one state or form to another.transmit
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* (l)transmute
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(transmut)- The alchemists tried to transmute base metals to gold.
- Did the base metals transmute to gold?
