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

  1. 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."

  2. Dilate as a verb (intransitive):

    To become wider or larger; to expand.

    Examples:

    "His heart dilates and glories in his strength."

  3. Dilate as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".

  4. Dilate as a verb (medicine, intransitive):

    To use a dilator to widen the neovagina after transgender surgery.

  1. Dilute as a verb (transitive):

    To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.

  2. Dilute as a verb (transitive):

    To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.

  3. Dilute as a verb (transitive, stock market):

    To cause the value of individual shares to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.

  4. Dilute as a verb (intransitive):

    To become attenuated, thin, or weak.

    Examples:

    "It dilutes easily."

  1. Dilute as an adjective:

    Having a low concentration.

    Examples:

    "Clean the panel with a dilute, neutral cleaner."

  2. Dilute as an adjective:

    Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.

  3. 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"

  1. Dilute as a noun:

    An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

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