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Imbue vs. Infuse — What's the Difference?

Imbue vs. Infuse — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Imbue and Infuse

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Imbue

Inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality)
His works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity

Infuse

To put into or introduce as if by pouring
Infused new vigor into the movement.

Imbue

To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade
Work imbued with the revolutionary spirit.

Infuse

To fill or cause to be filled with something
Infused them with a love of the land.

Imbue

To saturate, impregnate, or dye.
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Infuse

To steep or soak without boiling in order to extract soluble elements or active principles.

Imbue

(transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
The shirt was imbued with his scent.

Infuse

To flavor or scent (a liquid) by steeping ingredients in it
"He would infuse ... vegetable oil with the pungent taste of scallions" (Nina Simonds).

Imbue

In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.

Infuse

To introduce (a solution) into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes.

Imbue

To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.

Infuse

(transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.

Imbue

To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles.
Thy words with grace divineImbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety.

Infuse

(transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).

Imbue

Spread or diffuse through;
An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
Music penetrated the entire building

Infuse

(transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).

Imbue

Fill, soak, or imbue totally;
Saturate the bandage with disinfectant

Infuse

(transitive) To instill as a quality.

Imbue

Suffuse with color

Infuse

(intransitive) To undergo infusion.
Let it infuse for five minutes.

Infuse

(transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.

Infuse

To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

Infuse

To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse.

Infuse

To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce.
That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men.
Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessed?

Infuse

To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; - followed by with.
Infuse his breast with magnanimity.
Infusing him with self and vain conceit.

Infuse

To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak.
One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.

Infuse

To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate.

Infuse

Infusion.

Infuse

Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions;
Inculcate values into the young generation

Infuse

Fill, as with a certain quality;
The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide

Infuse

Undergo the process of infusion;
The mint tea is infusing

Infuse

Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse;
Steep the blossoms in oil
Steep the fruit in alcohol

Infuse

Introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes;
Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals

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