Transpire vs Transform - What's the difference?
transpire | transform |
To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
(obsolete) To perspire.
(botany) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
To become known; to escape from secrecy.
* De Quincey
(loosely) To happen, take place.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 166:
To change greatly the appearance or form of.
* Shakespeare
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To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
* Bible, Romans xii. 2
(mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
(electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
(genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
To undergo a transformation.
As verbs the difference between transpire and transform
is that transpire is to give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.) while transform is to change greatly the appearance or form of.As a noun transform is
the result of a transformation.transpire
English
(Transpiration)Verb
- The proceedings of the council soon transpired .
- The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.
- Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired .
Synonyms
* (become known) be revealed, be discovered, come to light * (happen) come about, come to pass, occur * (perspire) perspire, sweatDerived terms
* transpirationAnagrams
* ----transform
English
Verb
(en verb)- The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- Love may transform me to an oyster.
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- Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
