The difference between Perspiration and Sweat
When used as nouns, perspiration means the action or process of perspiring, whereas sweat means fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
Sweat is also verb with the meaning: to emit sweat.
check bellow for the other definitions of Perspiration and Sweat
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Perspiration as a noun:
The action or process of perspiring.
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Perspiration as a noun (by extension):
Hard work.
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Perspiration as a noun:
A saline fluid secreted by the sweat glands; sweat.
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Sweat as a noun:
Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
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Sweat as a noun (British, slang, military slang, especially WWI):
A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
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Sweat as a noun (historical):
The sweating sickness.
Examples:
"rfquotek Holinshed"
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Sweat as a noun:
Moisture issuing from any substance.
Examples:
"the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack"
"rfquotek Mortimer"
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Sweat as a noun:
A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
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Sweat as a noun (uncountable):
Hard work; toil.
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Sweat as a verb (intransitive):
To emit sweat.
Examples:
"synonyms: perspire"
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Sweat as a verb (transitive):
To cause to excrete moisture through skin. To cause to perspire.
Examples:
"His physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics."
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Sweat as a verb (intransitive, informal):
To work hard.
Examples:
"synonyms: slave slog"
"I've been sweating over my essay all day."
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Sweat as a verb (transitive, informal):
To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
Examples:
"to sweat a spendthrift"
"to sweat labourers"
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Sweat as a verb (intransitive, informal):
To worry.
Examples:
"synonyms: fret worry"
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Sweat as a verb (transitive, colloquial):
To worry about (something).
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Sweat as a verb (transitive):
To emit, in the manner of sweat.
Examples:
"to sweat blood"
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Sweat as a verb (intransitive):
To emit moisture.
Examples:
"The cheese will start sweating if you don't refrigerate it."
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Sweat as a verb (intransitive, plumbing):
To solder (a pipe joint) together.
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Sweat as a verb (transitive, slang):
To stress out.
Examples:
"Stop sweatin' me!"
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Sweat as a verb (transitive, intransitive, cooking):
To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
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Sweat as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.