Essence vs. Extract

Essencenoun

The inherent nature of a thing or idea.

Essencenoun

(philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.

Essencenoun

Constituent substance.

Essencenoun

A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.

Essencenoun

A significant feature of something.

Essencenoun

The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.

Essencenoun

An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring.

Essencenoun

Fragrance, a perfume.

Essencenoun

The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

Essencenoun

The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts.

Essencenoun

Constituent substance.

Essencenoun

A being; esp., a purely spiritual being.

Essencenoun

The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like.

Essencenoun

Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.

Essenceverb

To perfume; to scent.

Essencenoun

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

Essencenoun

any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

Essencenoun

the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

Essencenoun

a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

Essencenoun

the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character

Essencenoun

a property or group of properties of something without which it would not exist or be what it is

Essencenoun

an extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter and used for flavouring or scent

Essence

Essence (Latin: essentia) is a polysemic term, used in philosophy and theology as a designation for the property or set of properties that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity. Essence is contrasted with accident: a property that the entity or substance has contingently, without which the substance can still retain its identity.

Extractnoun

Something that is extracted or drawn out.

Extractnoun

A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.

Extractnoun

A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue

Extractnoun

Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained

Extractnoun

A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).

Extractnoun

(obsolete) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.

Extractnoun

Ancestry; descent.

Extractnoun

A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.

Extractverb

(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

Extractverb

(transitive) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).

Extractverb

(transitive) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

Extractverb

(transitive) To select parts of a whole

Extractverb

To determine (a root of a number).

Extractverb

To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.

Extractverb

To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.

Extractverb

To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

Extractnoun

That which is extracted or drawn out.

Extractnoun

A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.

Extractnoun

A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.

Extractnoun

A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; - distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.

Extractnoun

A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; - called also the extractive principle.

Extractnoun

Extraction; descent.

Extractnoun

A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.

Extractnoun

a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

Extractnoun

a passage selected from a larger work;

Extractverb

draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense;

Extractverb

get despite difficulties or obstacles;

Extractverb

deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);

Extractverb

extract by the process of distillation;

Extractverb

separate (a metal) from an ore

Extractverb

obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action;

Extractverb

take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

Extractverb

calculate the root of a number

Extractverb

remove or take out, especially by effort or force

Extractverb

obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method

Extractverb

obtain (something such as money or information) from someone unwilling to give it

Extractverb

select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction

Extractverb

derive (an idea) from a body of information

Extractverb

calculate (a root of a number)

Extractnoun

a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music

Extractnoun

a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form

Extract

An extract is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol, oil or water. Extracts may be sold as tinctures, absolutes or in powder form.