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Vaporize vs Evaporate - What's the difference?

vaporize | evaporate |

As verbs the difference between vaporize and evaporate

is that vaporize is turn into vapour while evaporate is to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.

vaporize

English

Alternative forms

* vaporise * vapourize

Verb

(vaporiz)
  • Turn into vapour.
  • 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.}}