different between outpouring vs efflux

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out- +? pouring

outpouring (plural outpourings)

The sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.
- 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
  The protests rank among the largest outpourings of dissent since the nation’s military dictatorship ended in 1985.
- 2012, August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
  Great Britain has collected its first gold medal of the London Games after Heather Stanning and Helen Glover won the coxless pairs with a stunning performance that will spark a mass outpouring of celebration and relief across the country.

From Latin effluxus, from efflu? (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + flu? (“flow”). See also effluxion

efflux (countable and uncountable, plural effluxes)

The process of flowing out.
We all age through the efflux of time.
The efflux of matter from a boil can be painful.
- 1988, Elizabeth Sagey, Degree of closure in complex segments, Norval Smith, Harry van der Hulst (editors), Features, Segmental Structure and Harmony Processes, Part 1, Linguistic Models 12a, page 176,
  The remaining effluxes are pronounced without audible velar release.
- 2003, Awtar Krishan, Flow cytometric monitoring of drug resistance in human tumor cells, R.C. Sobti, A. Krishan (editors), Advanced Flow Cytometry: Applications in Biological Research, page 55,
  By facilitating efflux of drugs from the intracellular domain, these proteins reduce cytotoxicity and thus confer drug resistance.
That which has flowed out.
the efflux of a boil
- Prime cheerer, light! […] Efflux divine.

efflux (third-person singular simple present effluxes, present participle effluxing, simple past and past participle effluxed)

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