Sweating vs. Perspiring — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sweating and Perspiring
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Sweating
To excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; perspire.
Perspiring
To excrete perspiration through the pores of the skin.
Sweating
To exude in droplets, as moisture from certain cheeses or sap from a tree.
Perspiring
To expel through external pores; exude.
Sweating
To collect moisture in small drops from the air, as a cold water pipe.
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Perspiring
Producing perspiration; sweating.
Sweating
To release moisture, as hay in the swath.
Perspiring
The act of producing perspiration.
Sweating
To ferment, as tobacco during curing.
Perspiring
Present participle of perspire
Sweating
(Informal) To work long and hard
Sweated over his term paper.
Perspiring
Being wet with perspiration;
The perspiring runners
His sweating face
Sweaty clothes
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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