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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