diet vs dilute

diet

adj
  • Having certain traits subtracted. 

  • Containing less fat, salt, sugar, or calories than normal, or claimed to have such. 

noun
  • A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly. 

  • Any habitual intake or consumption. 

  • A session of exams 

  • A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health. 

  • The proceedings under a criminal libel. 

  • A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland. 

  • The food and beverage a person or animal consumes. 

verb
  • To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health. 

  • To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet. 

dilute

adj
  • Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted. 

  • Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. 

  • Having a low concentration. 

noun
  • An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. 

verb
  • To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares. 

  • To become attenuated, thin, or weak. 

  • To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. 

  • To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. 

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