different between exudation vs perspiration

English

Etymology

exude +? -ation

Noun

exudation (countable and uncountable, plural exudations)

1. The act or process of exuding.
   • 1943, “Out of the Fire,” Time, 16 August, 1943,^[1]

     In severe burns, the body loses large amounts of nitrogen, in the urine and by exudation from the burned body surface.

2. Something that is exuded.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 7,

     The car was parked in close to the rustic fence, under the lime trees, and their sticky exudations had already stippled the windscreen.

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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

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