The difference between Dilate and Dilute
When used as verbs, dilate means to enlarge, whereas dilute means to make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
Dilute is also noun with the meaning: an animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
Dilute is also adjective with the meaning: having a low concentration.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dilate and Dilute
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Dilate as a verb (transitive):
To enlarge; to make bigger.
Examples:
"The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better."
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Dilate as a verb (intransitive):
To become wider or larger; to expand.
Examples:
"His heart dilates and glories in his strength."
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Dilate as a verb (ambitransitive):
To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
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Dilate as a verb (medicine, intransitive):
To use a dilator to widen the neovagina after transgender surgery.
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Dilute as a verb (transitive):
To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
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Dilute as a verb (transitive):
To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
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Dilute as a verb (transitive, stock market):
To cause the value of individual shares to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
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Dilute as a verb (intransitive):
To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
Examples:
"It dilutes easily."
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Dilute as an adjective:
Having a low concentration.
Examples:
"Clean the panel with a dilute, neutral cleaner."
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Dilute as an adjective:
Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
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Dilute as an adjective:
Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
Examples:
"a dilute calico"
"a cat with a dilute tortoiseshell coat"
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Dilute as a noun:
An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.