Sweating vs. Diaphoresis

Sweatingnoun

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

Diaphoresisnoun

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

Sweatingnoun

(botany) Mucilage, especially of cocoa.

Diaphoresisnoun

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).

Sweatingnoun

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

Diaphoresisnoun

Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.

Sweatingadjective

Giving off sweat.

‘A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.’;

Diaphoresisnoun

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

‘perspiration is a homeostatic process’;

Sweatingadjective

a. & n. from Sweat, v.

Sweatingnoun

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

‘perspiration is a homeostatic process’;

Sweatingadjective

being wet with perspiration;

‘the perspiring runners’; ‘his sweating face’; ‘sweaty clothes’;