The difference between Perspire and Transpire
When used as verbs, perspire means to emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores, whereas transpire means to give off (vapour, waste matter etc.).
check bellow for the other definitions of Perspire and Transpire
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Perspire as a verb (ambitransitive):
To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
Examples:
"I was perspiring freely after running the marathon."
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Perspire as a verb (intransitive):
To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.
Examples:
"A fluid perspires."
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Transpire as a verb (intransitive):
To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
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Transpire as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To perspire.
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Transpire as a verb (botany, intransitive):
Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
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Transpire as a verb (intransitive):
To become known; to escape from secrecy.
Examples:
"The proceedings of the council soon transpired."
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Transpire as a verb (loosely, intransitive):
To happen, take place.