Inflate vs. Insufflate

Inflateverb

(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally

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(intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).

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(figurative) To swell; to puff up.

Inflateverb

To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.

Inflate

Blown in; inflated.

Inflateverb

To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.

Inflateverb

Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.

Inflateverb

To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.

Inflateverb

To expand; to fill; to distend.

Inflateverb

fill with gas or air;

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exaggerate or make bigger;

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cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit;

Inflateverb

increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value;

Inflateverb

become inflated;

Insufflateverb

(transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.

Insufflateverb

To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.

Insufflateverb

To inhale (a powder etc.).

Insufflateverb

To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

Insufflateadjective

To blow upon; to breath upon or into; to use insufflation upon.

Insufflateverb

breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit

Insufflateverb

treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity

Insufflateverb

blow or breathe hard on or into