different between effuse vs affuse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /??fju?s/

• (verb) IPA^(key): /??fju?z/

Adjective

effuse (comparative more effuse, superlative most effuse)

1. Poured out freely; profuse.
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Nativity of our Lord tidings of great Joy (sermon)

     So should our joy be very effuse.

2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
3. (botany) Spreading loosely, especially on one side.

4. (zoology) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.

Verb

effuse (third-person singular simple present effuses, present participle effusing, simple past and past participle effused)

1. (transitive) to emit; to give off
2. (figuratively) to gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something
3. (intransitive) To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
4. (intransitive) to leak out through a small hole

Translations

Noun

effuse

1. (obsolete) effusion; loss

Derived terms

• effuser

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uze

Verb

effuse

1. third-person singular past historic of effondere

effuse f

1. plural of effuso

Latin

Participle

eff?se

1. vocative masculine singular of eff?sus

References

• effuse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• effuse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• effuse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affund? (“I pour, sprinkle, or scatter onto”, perfect passive participial stem: aff?s-)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fju?z/
• Homophone: effuse (many accents)

Verb

affuse (third-person singular simple present affuses, present participle affusing, simple past and past participle affused)

1. (transitive) To pour out or upon.
   • 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist

     [I] poured on them acid liquors, to try if they contained any volatile salt or spirit, which (had there been any there) would probably have discovered itself by making an ebullition with the affused liquor.

Latin

Participle

aff?se

1. vocative masculine singular of aff?sus