different between vapour vs evaporate

English

Noun

vapour (countable and uncountable, plural vapours)

1. British standard spelling of vapor.

Verb

vapour (third-person singular simple present vapours, present participle vapouring, simple past and past participle vapoured)

1. British standard spelling of vapor.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vapour, from Latin vapor.

Alternative forms

• vapor, wapour, vapoure, vapur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va??pu?r/, /va?pu?r/, /?va?pur/

Noun

vapour (plural vapours)

1. Fumes or vapour; a visible gaseous emission:
   1. A visible vapour; steam
   2. The vapour of water; mist.
   3. Fumes given off by combustion; smoke.
2. Heated air; air of a high temperature.
3. (physiology) A noxious bodily fume believed to be the cause of maladies.
4. (rare) A airborne smell; a nasal sensation transmitted via the air.
5. (rare) Effect, emanation.

Related terms

• vapouren

Descendants

• English: vapour, vapor
• Scots: vapour

References

• “v??p?ur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-01.

Etymology 2

From Old French vaporer.

Verb

vapour

1. Alternative form of vapouren

English

Etymology

From Latin ?vap?r?tus, perfect passive participle of ?vap?r? (“evaporate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??væp??e?t/

Verb

evaporate (third-person singular simple present evaporates, present participle evaporating, simple past and past participle evaporated)

1. (intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
2. (transitive) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion

   to evaporate apples

3. (transitive) to give vent to; to dissipate
   • 1641, Henry Wotton, A Parallel between Robert late Earl of Essex and George late Duke of Buckingham

     My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.

4. (figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles

     To give moderate liberty for griefs to evaporate […] is a safe way.

Related terms

• evaporation
• evaporator
• vapour

Translations

Italian

Verb

evaporate

1. second-person plural present indicative of evaporare
2. second-person plural imperative of evaporare
3. feminine plural of evaporato

Anagrams

• operavate

Latin

Participle

?vap?r?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?vap?r?tus