Decoct vs. Concoct

Decoct and Concoct Definitions
Decoct
To extract the flavor of by boiling.
Concoct
To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking.
Decoct
To make concentrated; boil down.
Concoct
To devise, using skill and intelligence; contrive
Concoct a plan.
Decoct
(cooking) To make an infusion.
Concoct
To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
To concoct a potion
To concoct a new dish
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Decoct
(cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
Concoct
(figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
To concoct a cunning plan
Decoct
(figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
Concoct
(obsolete) To digest.
Decoct
(figurative) To reduce or diminish.
Concoct
To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.
Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates.
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Decoct
To digest in the stomach.
Concoct
To purify or refine chemically.
Decoct
(transitive) To devise.
Concoct
To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.
Decoct
To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.
Concoct
To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.
He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune.
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Decoct
To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.
Concoct
To mature or perfect; to ripen.
Decoct
To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling.
Concoct
Make a concoction (of) by mixing
Decoct
Extract the essence of something by boiling it
Concoct
Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients;
Concoct a strange mixture
Decoct
Be cooked until very little liquid is left;
The sauce should reduce to one cup
Concoct
Of charges
Decoct
Steep in hot water
Concoct
Devise or invent;
He thought up a plan to get rich quickly
No-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software