Isolate vs. Concentrate — What's the Difference?

To cause to be alone or apart, as in being inaccessible or unable to move about

A concentrate is a form of substance that has had the majority of its base component (in the case of a liquid: the solvent) removed. Typically, this will be the removal of water from a solution or suspension, such as the removal of water from fruit juice.

To place in quarantine.

To direct or draw toward a common center; focus.

To cause to become socially or politically unengaged or ostracized

To bring into one main body

To render free of external influence; insulate

To make (a solution or mixture) less dilute.

To identify or distinguish as a separate entity or group

To converge toward or meet in a common center.

(Chemistry) To separate (a substance) in pure form from a combined mixture.

To increase by degree; gather

(Microbiology) To separate (a pure strain of a microorganism or virus) from a mixed culture.

To direct one's thoughts or attention

(Psychology) To separate (experiences or memories) from the emotions relating to them.

A product that has been concentrated, especially a food that has been reduced in volume or bulk by the removal of liquid

To set apart (a component, circuit, or system) from a source of electricity.

(ambitransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.

To insulate or shield.

To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.

Separated from others

To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.

A person, thing, or group that has been isolated, as by geographic, ecologic, or social barriers.

(intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).

(Microbiology) A population of microorganisms or viruses that has been isolated.

A substance that is in a condensed form.

(Linguistics) A language isolate.

To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.

(transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.

To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; - opposed to dilute.

(transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.

To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.

To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.

The desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

(transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.

A concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.

A concentrated example;

(transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.

Make (the solvent of a solution) dense or denser

(intransitive) To self-isolate.

Direct one's attention on something;

Something that has been isolated.

Make central;

To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others; as, to isolate an infected person from others; to isolate the troublemakers in a classroom.

Make more concise;

To insulate. See Insulate.

Draw together or meet in one common center;

To separate from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state; as, to isolate the desired product from a reaction mixture.

Compress or concentrate;

To obtain a culture of a microorganism in pure form (from a complex mixture); as, to isolate Eschericia coli from a patient's blood.

Be cooked until very little liquid is left;

Something that has been isolated; as, an isolate of a powerful antibiotic from a tropical plant; an isolate of tuberculosis bacillus from an infected patient.

Cook until very little liquid is left;

Place or set apart;

Obtain in pure form;

Set apart from others;

Separate (experiences) fromt he emotions relating to them