Extract vs. Infuse
Difference Between Extract and Infuse
Extractnoun
Something that is extracted or drawn out.
Infuseverb
(transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
Extractnoun
A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
I used an extract of Hemingway's book to demonstrate culture shock.Infuseverb
(transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
Extractnoun
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
extract of beefextract of dandelionInfuseverb
(transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
Extractnoun
Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.Infuseverb
(transitive) To instill as a quality.
Extractnoun
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
Infuseverb
(intransitive) To undergo infusion.
Extractnoun
(obsolete) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.
Infuseverb
(transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
Extractnoun
Ancestry; descent.
Infuseverb
To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
Extractnoun
A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
Infuseverb
teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions;
inculcate values into the young generationExtractverb
(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the fingerInfuseverb
fill, as with a certain quality;
The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxideExtractverb
(transitive) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
to extract an essential oil from a plantInfuseverb
undergo the process of infusion;
the mint tea is infusingExtractverb
(transitive) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
Infuseverb
let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse;
steep the blossoms in oilsteep the fruit in alcoholExtractverb
(transitive) To select parts of a whole
We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat.Infuseverb
introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes;
Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animalsExtractverb
To determine (a root of a number).
Please extract the cube root of 27.Extractnoun
a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
Extractnoun
a passage selected from a larger work;
he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writingsExtractverb
draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense;
pull weedsextract a bad toothtake out a splinterextract information from the telegramExtractverb
get despite difficulties or obstacles;
I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positionsExtractverb
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);
We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informantExtractverb
extract by the process of distillation;
distill the essence of this compoundExtractverb
separate (a metal) from an ore
Extractverb
obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action;
Italians express coffee rather than filter itExtractverb
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Extractverb
calculate the root of a number
