different between effuse vs efflux

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

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.