different between efflux vs spout

English

Etymology

From Latin effluxus, from efflu? (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + flu? (“flow”). See also effluxion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fl?ks/

Noun

efflux (countable and uncountable, plural effluxes)

1. The process of flowing out.

   We all age through the efflux of time.

   The efflux of matter from a boil can be painful.

   • 1988, Elizabeth Sagey, Degree of closure in complex segments, Norval Smith, Harry van der Hulst (editors), Features, Segmental Structure and Harmony Processes, Part 1, Linguistic Models 12a, page 176,

     The remaining effluxes are pronounced without audible velar release.

   • 2003, Awtar Krishan, Flow cytometric monitoring of drug resistance in human tumor cells, R.C. Sobti, A. Krishan (editors), Advanced Flow Cytometry: Applications in Biological Research, page 55,

     By facilitating efflux of drugs from the intracellular domain, these proteins reduce cytotoxicity and thus confer drug resistance.

2. That which has flowed out.

   the efflux of a boil

   • Prime cheerer, light! […] Efflux divine.

Synonyms

• (process of flowing out): outflow, effluxion, effluence
• (that which has flowed out): outflow

Antonyms

• influx

Translations

Verb

efflux (third-person singular simple present effluxes, present participle effluxing, simple past and past participle effluxed)

1. (intransitive) To run out; to flow forth.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass away.

English

Etymology

From Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), from *sp?watjan?. Compare Swedish spruta a squirt, a syringe. See also spit, spew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spa?t/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /sp??t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Noun

spout (plural spouts)

1. A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.

   I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.

2. A stream of liquid.
   • 2010, James Fleming, Cold Blood (page 160)

     A spout of blood flew from his mouth, spattering Smichov's linen trousers.

3. The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.

Coordinate terms

• (tube through which liquid is discharged): nozzle

Translations

Verb

spout (third-person singular simple present spouts, present participle spouting, simple past and past participle spouted)

1. (intransitive) To gush forth in a jet or stream

   Water spouts from a hole.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.

   The whale spouted.

   • 1697, Thomas Creech, The Whale

     The mighty whale […] spouts the tide.

3. (intransitive) To speak tediously or pompously.
4. (transitive) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.

   • Pray, spout some French, son.

5. (transitive, slang, dated) To pawn; to pledge.

   to spout a watch

Translations

Anagrams

• POTUS, USPTO, pouts, putos, stoup, tupos, upsot