distil vs fountain

distil

verb
  • To drip or be wet with some liquid. 

  • To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse. 

  • To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation. 

  • To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually. 

  • To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops. 

  • To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation. 

  • Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation. 

  • To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation. 

  • To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops. 

  • To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation. 

  • To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify. 

fountain

verb
  • To flow or gush as if from a fountain. 

noun
  • An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. 

  • A natural source of water; a spring. 

  • A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. 

  • A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). 

  • A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it. 

  • A roundel barry wavy argent and azure. 

  • A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain. 

  • Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. 

  • The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue. 

  • A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. 

  • A soda fountain. 

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