different between detox vs cleanse

English

Etymology

Clipping of detoxification.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?t?ks/

Noun

detox (countable and uncountable, plural detoxes)

1. Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs.
2. A detoxification unit.

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Verb

detox (third-person singular simple present detoxes, present participle detoxing, simple past and past participle detoxed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To detoxify, especially from alcohol or recreational drugs.

Anagrams

• Oxted

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?toks]

Noun

detox m

1. (informal) Detoxification.
2. (informal) A detoxification unit.

English

Etymology

From Old English cl?nsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainis?n?, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clean”). Cognate with archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean; to purify”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl?nz/

Verb

cleanse (third-person singular simple present cleanses, present participle cleansing, simple past and past participle cleansed)

1. (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
2. (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.

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Noun

cleanse (plural cleanses)

1. An act of cleansing; a purification.

   I regularly visit the spa for a massage and a facial cleanse.

   Synonym: cleansing

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Anagrams

• Senecal, canelés, elances, enlaces, enscale, scalene