For Keven
Posted by Aarti on March 27th, 2008 . Filed under: Uncategorized .My friend and CLASSMATE (yaaarrrrr!) Keven humoured me yesterday as I pondered, rather geekily, the difference between “infuse” and “suffuse”.
Today, I looked it up on the Merriam Webster site, and I’m not sure I am happy with the definition:
Infuse: implies a pouring in of something that gives new life or significance (eg. new members infused enthusiasm into the club).
Suffuse: implies a spreading through of something that gives an unusual color or quality (eg. a room suffused with light)
What do you think??
-x-
aarti
March 28th, 2008 at 11:18 am
what does a tea bag then suffuse into the water? I think i am going to reFUSE to think of this anymore. makes me feel like i am behind in english class again!!!!
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:21 pm
What about diffuse?
a: to pour out and permit or cause to spread freely b: extend, scatter c: to spread thinly or wastefully