different between imbition vs diffusion

English

Noun

imbition (countable and uncountable, plural imbitions)

1. The act of imbibing or drinking.
   • 1955, Willis Frederick Dunbar, Michigan Through the Centuries (volume 1, page 269)

     The drinker was urged to confine his imbitions to wine and beer. But this policy was condemned as undemocratic […]

2. The taking up of fluid from the environment.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffusionem (accusative of diffusio), from diffund?; can be decomposed as diffuse +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??fju???n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

diffusion (countable and uncountable, plural diffusions)

1. The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.
2. (physics) The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium.
3. (physics) The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation.
4. The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities.
5. (marketing) The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services.
6. (physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
7. The movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.

Translations

See also

• diffuser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffusio, diffusionem. Synchronically analysable as diffuser +? -ion.

Noun

diffusion f (plural diffusions)

1. broadcasting, showing
2. dissemination, diffusion (of culture, knowledge, etc.)
3. circulation (of a news medium)
4. (physics) diffusion

Derived terms

• liste de diffusion

Related terms

• diffus
• diffuser

See also

• émission

Further reading

• “diffusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).