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Inflate vs. Insufflate — What's the Difference?

Inflate vs. Insufflate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Inflate and Insufflate

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Inflate

To fill (something) with air or gas so as to make it swell
Inflated the balloon with helium.

Insufflate

To blow or breathe into or on.

Inflate

To fill with pride; aggrandize
Positive reviews that inflated the actor's ego.

Insufflate

To treat medically by blowing a powder, gas, or vapor into a bodily cavity.

Inflate

To represent as greater or more important than is in fact the case
Inflated the box office receipts to mislead the investors.
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Insufflate

(transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.

Inflate

To cause (a currency or economy) to undergo inflation.

Insufflate

To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.

Inflate

To become inflated.

Insufflate

To inhale (a powder etc.).

Inflate

(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.

Insufflate

To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

Inflate

(intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.

Insufflate

To blow upon; to breath upon or into; to use insufflation upon.

Inflate

(figurative) To swell; to puff up.
To inflate somebody with pride or vanity

Insufflate

Breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit

Inflate

To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.

Insufflate

Treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity

Inflate

Blown in; inflated.

Insufflate

Blow or breathe hard on or into

Inflate

To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.
When passion's tumults in the bosom rise,Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.

Inflate

Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.
Inflate themselves with some insane delight.

Inflate

To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.

Inflate

To expand; to fill; to distend.

Inflate

Fill with gas or air;
Inflate a balloons

Inflate

Exaggerate or make bigger;
The charges were inflated

Inflate

Cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit;
The war inflated the economy

Inflate

Increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value;
Inflate the currency

Inflate

Become inflated;
The sails ballooned

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