dissipate vs drain

dissipate

verb
  • To use up or waste; squander. 

  • To drive away, disperse. 

  • To vanish by dispersion. 

  • To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat. 

drain

verb
  • To deplete of energy or resources. 

  • To flow gradually. 

  • To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust. 

  • To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one. 

  • To fall off the bottom of the playfield. 

  • To cause liquid to flow out of. 

  • To lose liquid. 

noun
  • Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return. 

  • One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET). 

  • An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods. 

  • An outhole. 

  • A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK) 

  • An act of urination. 

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