Perspiration vs. Sweat — What's the Difference?

Perspiration, also known as sweating, is the production of fluids secreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine glands and apocrine glands. The eccrine sweat glands are distributed over much of the body and are responsible for secreting the watery, brackish sweat most often triggered by excessive body temperature.

Moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, typically in profuse quantities as a reaction to heat, physical exertion, fever, or fear

The fluid, consisting of water with small amounts of urea and salts, that is excreted through the pores of the skin by the sweat glands; sweat.

Another term for sweatsuit or sweatpants

The act or process of perspiring.

Exude sweat

The action or process of perspiring.

Heat (chopped vegetables) slowly in a pan with a small amount of fat, so that they cook in their own juices

(by extension) Hard work.

Subject (metal) to surface melting, especially to fasten or join by solder without a soldering iron

A saline fluid secreted by the sweat glands; sweat.

To excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; perspire.

The act or process of perspiring.

To exude in droplets, as moisture from certain cheeses or sap from a tree.

That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.

To collect moisture in small drops from the air, as a cold water pipe.

Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands;

To release moisture, as hay in the swath.

The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid;

To ferment, as tobacco during curing.

(Informal) To work long and hard

(Informal) To fret or worry

To excrete (moisture) through a porous surface, such as the skin.

To excrete (wastes) in perspiration

To have (moisture) condense in small drops on a surface.

To cause to perspire, as by drugs, heat, or strenuous exercise

To make damp or wet with perspiration

To cause to work excessively; overwork.

To overwork and underpay (employees).

To interrogate (someone) under duress

To extract (information) from someone under duress

(Metallurgy) To join (metal parts) by interposing cold solder and then heating.

To steam (vegetables or other food).

(Informal) To fret or worry about

The colorless saline moisture excreted by the sweat glands; perspiration.

Condensation of moisture in the form of droplets on a surface.

The process of sweating.

A condition or instance of sweating

Strenuous labor or exertion

A run given to a horse as exercise before a race.

(Informal) An anxious, fretful condition

A sweatsuit.

Sweatpants.

Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.

The state of one who sweats; diaphoresis.

(figurative) Hard work; toil.

(figurative) Moisture issuing from any substance.

A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.

(historical) The sweating sickness.

A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).

An extremely competitive player.

(intransitive) To emit sweat.

(transitive) To cause to excrete moisture through skin.

To cause to perspire.

To work hard.

(video games) To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively.

To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.

To worry.

To worry about (something).

(transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.

(intransitive) To emit moisture.

(intransitive) To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation.

To solder (a pipe joint) together.

To stress out.

To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.

To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.

(intransitive) To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.

(transitive) To take a racehorse for a short exercise run.

To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire.

Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.

To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.

To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.

To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude.

To unite by heating, after the application of soldier.

To get something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers.

The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration.

The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery.

Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack.

The sweating sickness.

A short run by a race horse in exercise.

Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands;

Agitation resulting from active worry;

Condensation of moisture on a cold surface;

Use of physical or mental energy; hard work;

Excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin;