different between pervade vs pervasive

English

Etymology

From Latin pervado.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??(?)?ve?d/, /p??ve?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??ve?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Verb

pervade (third-person singular simple present pervades, present participle pervading, simple past and past participle pervaded)

1. (transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through.

   • "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]"

   • The animals were thoroughly frightened. It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• deprave, repaved

Italian

Verb

pervade

1. third-person singular present indicative of pervadere

Anagrams

• perdeva, preveda

Latin

Verb

perv?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of perv?d?

English

Etymology

From Latin perv?sus, from perv?d? (“spread through, pervade”), from per (“through”) + v?d? (“go, walk”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??ve?.s?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??ve?.s?v/

Adjective

pervasive (comparative more pervasive, superlative most pervasive)

1. Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.

   The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.

Synonyms

• (manifested throughout): penetrating, permeating, pervading

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Translations

German

Adjective

pervasive

1. inflection of pervasiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

pervasive

1. feminine plural of pervasivo