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Sweating vs. Diaphoresis — What's the Difference?

Sweating vs. Diaphoresis — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Sweating and Diaphoresis

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Sweating

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

Diaphoresis

Perspiration, especially when copious and medically induced.

Sweating

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

Diaphoresis

The formation and excretion of sweat; sweating; perspiration; and (sometimes, more particularly):

Sweating

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

Excessive sweating; excessive perspiration (more than would be expected in response to a given stimulus; especially when profuse as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug).

Sweating

To release moisture, as hay in the swath.

Diaphoresis

Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.

Sweating

To ferment, as tobacco during curing.

Diaphoresis

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

Sweating

(Informal) To work long and hard
Sweated over his term paper.

Sweating

(Informal) To fret or worry
Don't sweat over the bills.

Sweating

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

Sweating

To excrete (wastes) in perspiration
Sweated out the toxins in the steam room.

Sweating

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

Sweating

To cause to perspire, as by drugs, heat, or strenuous exercise
Running for the train got me sweated up.

Sweating

To make damp or wet with perspiration
His shirt was sweated.

Sweating

To cause to work excessively; overwork.

Sweating

To overwork and underpay (employees).

Sweating

To interrogate (someone) under duress
Sweated the suspected spy for hours.

Sweating

To extract (information) from someone under duress
The police sweated the information out of the suspect.

Sweating

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

Sweating

To steam (vegetables or other food).

Sweating

(Informal) To fret or worry about
Don't sweat the details.

Sweating

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

Sweating

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

Sweating

The process of sweating.

Sweating

A condition or instance of sweating
Worked up a sweat raking leaves.

Sweating

Strenuous labor or exertion
It took a lot of sweat to move the piano.

Sweating

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

Sweating

(Informal) An anxious, fretful condition
Got myself in a sweat over the deadline.

Sweating

A sweatsuit.

Sweating

Sweatpants.

Sweating

The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.

Sweating

(botany) Mucilage, especially of cocoa.

Sweating

(cooking) The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.

Sweating

Present participle of sweat

Sweating

Giving off sweat.
A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.

Sweating

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

Sweating

Being wet with perspiration;
The perspiring runners
His sweating face
Sweaty clothes

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