different between condensation vs perspire

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cond?ns?ti?, cond?ns?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

condensation (countable and uncountable, plural condensations)

1. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed
2. The state of being condensed.

1. (physics) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.
2. The condensate so formed.
3. (chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.

   Synonym: dehydration synthesis

   Antonym: hydrolysis

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• nonsonicated

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cond?ns?ti?, cond?ns?ti?nem. Equivalent to condenser +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.d??.sa.sj??/
• Rhymes: -j??
• Homophone: condensations

Noun

condensation f (plural condensations)

1. (all senses) condensation.

Related terms

• condenser

Further reading

• “condensation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French perspirer, from Latin perspirare (“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breath”); see spirit.

Pronunciation

Verb

perspire (third-person singular simple present perspires, present participle perspiring, simple past and past participle perspired)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.

   I was perspiring freely after running the marathon.

   • 2010, Susan C. Karant-Nunn, The Reformation of Feeling

     He lists forty reasons, mainly metaphorical, why Christ perspired blood, and his peroration takes twenty-two pages in print.

2. (intransitive) To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.

   A fluid perspires.

Synonyms

• sweat

Related terms

• conspire
• inspire
• perspiration
• respire
• transpire

Translations

Further reading

• perspire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• perspire in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.