different between dew vs perspiration

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dju?/
• IPA^(key): /d?u?/ (among those with yod-coalescence in stressed syllables)
• (US) IPA^(key): /du/ (among those with yod-dropping)

• Homophones: do, doo (with yod-dropping), Jew (with yod-coalescence), due

Etymology 1

From Middle English dew, from Old English d?aw (“dew”), from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *daww? (“dew, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?- (“smoke, haze”). Cognate with German Tau, Dutch dauw and Afrikaans dou.

Noun

dew (countable and uncountable, plural dews)

1. (uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
2. (uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.

   Synonym: (obsolete) rore
3. (countable, but see usage notes) An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.

4. (figuratively) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
5. (figuratively) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
   • the dew of his youth

Usage notes

• Although the countable sense is still used, the plural form is now archaic or poetic only.

Derived terms

• dew point
• honeydew

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English dewe, dewyn, from Old English *d?awian, from the same source as above.

Verb

dew (third-person singular simple present dews, present participle dewing, simple past and past participle dewed)

1. To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
   • 1887, Andrew B. Saxton, "Sunken Graves", in The Century

     The grasses grew / A little ranker since they dewed them so.

Related terms

• bedew

Translations

Anagrams

• Wed, Wed., we'd, wed

Catalan

Etymology

From adéu.

Interjection

dew

1. (Internet slang) bye

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *d?w, from Proto-Celtic *dwau, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh?.

Numeral

dew m (feminine form diw)

1. two

Mutation

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English d?aw, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *daww?.

Alternative forms

• deu, dewe, deaw, deau, dew?, dæw, deew, dieu?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?u?/
• Rhymes: -?u?

Noun

dew (plural dewes)

1. dew; moisture present on plants.
2. (figuratively) A rejuvenating substance.
3. (rare) Sodden or water-soaked terrain.

Derived terms

• dewy
• dewyn
• dewynge

Descendants

• English: dew
• Scots: dew, deow, dyow
• Yola: dhew

References

• “deu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

Etymology 2

Adjective

dew

1. Alternative form of dewe (“due”)

Noun

dew

1. Alternative form of dewe (“due”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /de?u?/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /d?u?/

Adjective

dew

1. Soft mutation of tew.

Mutation

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian ??? (deh).

Noun

dew ?

1. village

Declension

See also

• dew?c

English

Etymology

Borrowed from late Middle French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire”), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breathe, blow”)Morphologically perspire +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??sp???e???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?sp???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: per?spi?ra?tion

Noun

perspiration (usually uncountable, plural perspirations)

1. The action or process of perspiring.
   • 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Naturall Historie, London: W. Lee, Cent. VII, section 680, page 170:

     The Cau?e may be Want of Per?piration?: For Much of the Matter of Haire, in the other Parts of the Body, goeth forth by In?en?ible Per?piration?; And be?ides, the Skull being of a more ?olide Sub?tance, nouri?heth and a??imilateth le??e, and excerneth more.

2. (by extension) Hard work.
3. A saline fluid secreted by the sweat glands; sweat.

Synonyms

• sweat
• hidrosis
• diaphoresis

Related terms

• perspire
• transpiration

Derived terms

• genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration

Translations