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Emanate vs. Radiate — What's the Difference?

Emanate vs. Radiate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Emanate and Radiate

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Emanate

Emanate is the debut studio album by the French gothic metal band Penumbra, launched in 1999 originally under German label Serenades Records.

Radiate

Emit (energy, especially light or heat) in the form of rays or waves
The hot stars radiate energy

Emanate

To come or send forth, as from a source
Light that emanated from a lamp.
Kindness that emanated from a teacher.
A stove that emanated a steady heat.
A singer who emanated deep sadness.

Radiate

Diverge or spread from or as if from a central point
He ran down one of the passages that radiated from the room

Emanate

(intransitive) To come from a source; issue from.
Fragrance emanates from flowers.
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Radiate

Arranged in or having a radial pattern
The radiate crown

Emanate

To send or give out; manifest.

Radiate

To send out rays or waves.

Emanate

To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.

Radiate

To issue or emerge in rays or waves
Heat radiated from the stove.

Emanate

To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate.
That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate.

Radiate

To extend in straight lines from or toward a center; diverge or converge like rays
Spokes radiate from a wheel hub.

Emanate

Issuing forth; emanant.

Radiate

To spread into new habitats and thereby diverge or diversify. Used of a group of organisms.

Emanate

Proceed or issue forth, as from a source;
Water emanates from this hole in the ground

Radiate

To emit (light or energy) in rays or waves.

Emanate

Give out (breath or an odor);
The chimney exhales a thick smoke

Radiate

To send or spread out from or as if from a center
A cactus that radiates spines.

Radiate

To irradiate or illuminate (an object).

Radiate

To manifest in a glowing manner
A leader who radiates confidence.

Radiate

(Botany) Having rays or raylike parts, as in the flower heads of daisies.

Radiate

(Biology) Characterized by radial symmetry.

Radiate

Surrounded with rays
A radiate head on a coin.

Radiate

To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.

Radiate

(transitive) To emit rays or waves.
The stove radiates heat.

Radiate

(intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
The heat radiates from a stove.

Radiate

(transitive) To illuminate.

Radiate

To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.

Radiate

(transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.

Radiate

(ecology, intransitive) to spread into new habitats, migrate.

Radiate

Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
A radiate crystal

Radiate

Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.

Radiate

(botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.

Radiate

(botany) Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.

Radiate

(biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.

Radiate

(zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.

Radiate

(zoology) One of the Radiata.

Radiate

To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
Virtues shine more clearIn them [kings], and radiate like the sun at noon.

Radiate

To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat.
Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.

Radiate

To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.

Radiate

To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate.

Radiate

Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.

Radiate

Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.

Radiate

Belonging to the Radiata.

Radiate

One of the Radiata.

Radiate

Send out rays or waves;
The sun radiates heat

Radiate

Send out real or metaphoric rays;
She radiates happiness

Radiate

Extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center;
Spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel
This plants radiates spines in all directions

Radiate

Especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink;
Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna

Radiate

Cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays;
The sun is radiating

Radiate

Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;
She was beaming with joy
Her face radiated with happiness

Radiate

Issue or emerge in rays or waves;
Heat radiated from the metal box

Radiate

Spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate;
The plants on this island diversified

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