different between transpiration vs sweaty

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transpiration, from Medieval Latin transpiratio, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.

Noun

transpiration (countable and uncountable, plural transpirations)

1. (botany) The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots.
2. (physiology) The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes.
3. The passage of gases through fine tubes.

Related terms

• transpire

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin transpiratio, transpirationem, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.

Pronunciation

Noun

transpiration f (plural transpirations)

1. transpiration
2. sweat (bodily fluid)

Synonyms

• sueur

Related terms

• transpirer

Further reading

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

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English swety, equivalent to sweat +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sw?ti/
• • (General American) IPA^(key): [?sw??i]
• Rhymes: -?ti

Adjective

sweaty (comparative sweatier, superlative sweatiest)

1. Covered in sweat.

   Synonyms: (dated) asweat, sweating, sudoriferous, sudorific

   • 1945-46, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

     You never worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.

2. Having a tendency to sweat.

3. Likely to cause one to sweat.

4. Caused by sweat.

5. Strenuous; laborious; exhausting.

6. Inappropriately serious about a leisure activity, chiefly video games.

Translations

Noun

sweaty (plural sweaties)

1. One who is sweaty.
2. (plural only, informal) Informal sportswear, such as a sweatshirt, pair of sweatpants or a sweatsuit.

Etymology 2

Intentional misspelling of sweetie, ironically adopted with reference to the other sense of sweaty (“covered in sweat”).

Noun

sweaty (plural sweaties)

1. (Internet slang, derogatory, sometimes humorous) A term of familiar address.

Anagrams

• wastey