drizzle vs percolate

drizzle

verb
  • To cover by pouring in this manner. 

  • To rain lightly. 

  • To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. 

  • To urinate. 

  • To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking. 

noun
  • Light rain. 

  • Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground. 

  • Water. 

  • A cake onto which icing, honey or syrup has been drizzled in an artistic manner. 

percolate

verb
  • To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. 

  • To make (coffee) in a percolator. 

  • To drain or seep through a porous substance. 

  • To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised. 

noun
  • A liquid that has been percolated. 

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