different between maceration vs infusion

English

Etymology

Latin maceratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæs???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

maceration (countable and uncountable, plural macerations)

1. The act or process of macerating.
   • 2001, Ralph E. Molnar, H. Trevor Clifford, "An Ankylosaurian Cololite from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia", in The Armored Dinosaurs, edited by Kenneth Carpenter page 404

     […] proposed that the small size of the teeth […] implied that most of the maceration of the food occurred after swallowing.

Derived terms

• cryomaceration

Translations

Anagrams

• aeromantic, cameration, racemation

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).