different between vapour vs perspiration

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

Borrowed from late Middle French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire”), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breathe, blow”)Morphologically perspire +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??sp???e???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?sp???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: per?spi?ra?tion

Noun

perspiration (usually uncountable, plural perspirations)

1. The action or process of perspiring.
   • 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Naturall Historie, London: W. Lee, Cent. VII, section 680, page 170:

     The Cau?e may be Want of Per?piration?: For Much of the Matter of Haire, in the other Parts of the Body, goeth forth by In?en?ible Per?piration?; And be?ides, the Skull being of a more ?olide Sub?tance, nouri?heth and a??imilateth le??e, and excerneth more.

2. (by extension) Hard work.
3. A saline fluid secreted by the sweat glands; sweat.

Synonyms

• sweat
• hidrosis
• diaphoresis

Related terms

• perspire
• transpiration

Derived terms

• genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration

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