different between inject vs infusion

English

Etymology

From Latin iniectus, injectus, participle of inici?, injici? (“I throw in”), from in- + iaci? (“I throw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

inject (third-person singular simple present injects, present participle injecting, simple past and past participle injected)

1. (transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.

   The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.

2. (transitive) To introduce (something) suddenly or violently.

   Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the British music scene.
3. (transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.

   Now lie back while we inject you with the anesthetic.

   to inject the blood vessels

4. (intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.

   It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal.

5. (transitive, computing) To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability.

   • Yes, you'll have to use CreateRemoteThread to "inject code" if you want information like the current directory of a process (at least on NT 3.5x).

   • As soon as a virus programmer discovers that some popular ActiveX thing has a bug that can be exploited, e.g. with controlled crashes to inject code, it's going to be a disaster.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To cast or throw; used with on.

Related terms

• injectable
• injection

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French infusion, from Latin infusio, infusionem (“a pouring into, a wetting, a dyeing, a flow”), from infundo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

infusion (countable and uncountable, plural infusions)

1. A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.

   An extract of rooibos and chamomile makes a refreshing infusion.

2. The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
3. The act of installing a quality into a person.
   • 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 1

     [...] but in the verity of extolment / I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion / of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of / him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would / trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.

4. (obsolete) The act of dipping into a fluid.
5. (medicine) The administration of liquid substances directly into a vein for medical purposes; perfusion.

Related terms

• infuse

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inf?si?, inf?si?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.fy.zj??/

Noun

infusion f (plural infusions)

1. infusion (liquid product which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities)

Synonyms

• (liquid product): décoction, tisane

Further reading

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