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Vapor vs Evaporate - What's the difference?

vapor | evaporate |

In lang=en terms the difference between vapor and evaporate

is that vapor is to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster while evaporate is to give vent to; to dissipate.

As verbs the difference between vapor and evaporate

is that vapor is to become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor while evaporate is to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.

As a noun vapor

is cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

vapor

English

Alternative forms

* vapour (Commonwealth English)

Noun

(wikipedia vapor) (en noun)
  • Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
  • The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
    • , title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}

    Derived terms

    * vaporescence * vaporescent * vapor pressure * vapour trail * water vapor

    See also

    * dew point * get the vapors

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.
  • To turn into vapor.
  • To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Bisara of Pooree’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio Society 2005, p. 172:
    • He vapoured , and fretted, and fumed, and trotted up and down, and tried to make himself pleasing in Miss Hollis's big, quiet, grey eyes, and failed.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    evaporate

    English

    Verb

    (evaporat)
  • to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
  • to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion
    • to evaporate apples
  • to give vent to; to dissipate
  • * Sir H. Wotton
    • My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.
  • (figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect
  • * Francis Bacon
    • To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate is a safe way.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=March 2 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The hosts initially looked like they lacked a spring in their step, but fears of further agony evaporated in the seventh minute with a goal of typical Arsenal quality.}}

    Related terms

    * evaporation * evaporator * vapour