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Turnout vs Transpire - What's the difference?

turnout | transpire |

As a noun turnout

is attendance; crowd.

As a verb transpire is

.

turnout

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • attendance; crowd
    • This restaurant had a pretty good turnout for a Wednesday night.
  • (US) a place to pull off a road
    • When towing a trailer, use the turnouts to let faster traffic pass.
  • (rail transport, chiefly, US) a place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points

    • Synonyms

    * (roadside area) lay-by

    Anagrams

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    transpire

    English

    (Transpiration)

    Verb

  • 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.
    • The proceedings of the council soon transpired .
  • * De Quincey
    • The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.
  • (loosely) To happen, take place.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 166:
    • 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, sweat

    Derived terms

    * transpiration

    Anagrams

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