leak vs sweat

leak

verb
  • To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed. 

  • To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously. 

  • (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed. 

  • To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked. 

  • To urinate. 

  • To bleed. 

  • To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked. 

noun
  • A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. 

  • The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture. 

  • The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions. 

  • A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret. 

  • The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs. 

  • A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs. 

  • An act of urination. 

sweat

verb
  • To emit moisture. 

  • To stress out. 

  • To cause to excrete moisture through skin. 

  • To emit sweat. 

  • To worry about (something). 

  • To cause to perspire. 

  • To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation. 

  • To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively. 

  • To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression. 

  • To solder (a pipe joint) together. 

  • To take a racehorse for a short exercise run. 

  • To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content. 

  • To worry. 

  • To work hard. 

  • To emit, in the manner of sweat. 

  • To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds. 

noun
  • The state of one who sweats; diaphoresis. 

  • Hard work; toil. 

  • A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise. 

  • An extremely competitive player. 

  • The sweating sickness. 

  • Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation. 

  • A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced). 

  • Moisture issuing from any substance. 

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