different between isolate vs whey

English

Etymology

Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin insulatus (cognate with insulate).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?a?s?le?t/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /?a?s?l?t/

Verb

isolate (third-person singular simple present isolates, present participle isolating, simple past and past participle isolated)

1. (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
2. (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
4. (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
5. (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
6. (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
7. (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
8. (intransitive) To self-isolate.

Translations

Noun

isolate (plural isolates)

1. Something that has been isolated.

Translations

Related terms

• insulant
• insular
• insularity
• insulate
• insulation
• insulator
• isolatable (adjective)
• isolated (adjective)
• isolating (adjective)
• isolation (noun)
• isolationism (noun)
• isolative (adjective)
• isolator (noun)

Anagrams

• Aeolist, et alios, tea oils

Interlingua

Participle

isolate

1. past participle of isolar

Italian

Adjective

isolate

1. feminine plural of isolato

Verb

isolate

1. second-person plural present of isolare
2. second-person plural imperative of isolare

Participle

isolate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of isolare

Anagrams

• alitose, oliaste, solatie

English

Alternative forms

• whig (dialectal)
• whay (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English whey, wheye, whei, from Old English hw??, hwæi?, hwæ?, hwe? (“whey”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwai (compare Saterland Frisian Waai, Woaie, West Frisian waai, Dutch wei, German Low German Wei), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *k?ey- (“to pile up, build”) (compare Old Church Slavonic ???? (?in?, “order”), Ancient Greek ????? (poié?, “to pile up, make”), Sanskrit ?? (káya, “every one”)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hw?, w?, IPA^(key): /?e?/, /we?/
• Rhymes: -e?
• Homophones: way, weigh, wey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

whey (usually uncountable, plural wheys)

1. The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
   • 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XX:

     {...} if I wished any blessing in the world, it was to find him a worthy object of pride; and I’m bitterly disappointed with the whey-faced, whining wretch!

Derived terms

• wheyey
• wheylike

Translations

See also

• buttermilk
• curd
• milk
• yogurt

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wheyy, whei, wheye, whey?e, wey, whay, qwhey, wey?e, whaye

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hw??, hwæi?, hwæ?, hwe?, from Proto-West Germanic *hwai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /w?i?/, /x??i?/

Noun

whey (uncountable)

1. The leftovers from milk curdled during cheesemaking; whey.
2. (rare) The result of strained almond milk.

Descendants

• English: whey, whig
• Scots: quhaye, quhay, quhey, whey, fey

References

• “whei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-01.