different between solution vs infusion

English

Etymology

From Old French solucion (French solution), from Latin sol?ti?nem, accusative singular of sol?ti?, from the verb solv?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l(j)u???n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

solution (countable and uncountable, plural solutions)

1. A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
2. An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
3. The answer to a problem.
4. (marketing) A product, service or suite thereof, especially software.
5. (law, Britain, archaic, rare) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.
6. The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid; dissolution.
7. (medicine, archaic) The crisis of a disease.

Antonyms

• (answer to a problem): problem
• (act of dissolving): precipitation

Related terms

Translations

Verb

solution (third-person singular simple present solutions, present participle solutioning, simple past and past participle solutioned)

1. To treat with a solution.

French

Etymology

From Old French solucion, from Latin sol?ti?nem, accusative singular of sol?ti?, from the verb solv?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.ly.sj??/
• Homophone: solutions

Noun

solution f (plural solutions)

1. solution
2. liquid mix

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Romanian: solu?ie

Further reading

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

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).