distil vs spatter

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. 

spatter

verb
  • To splash (someone or something) with small droplets. 

  • To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing. 

  • To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets. 

  • To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something). 

  • To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around. 

noun
  • A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface. 

  • A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface. 

  • A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface. 

  • A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface. 

  • The sound of droplets hitting a surface. 

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