Perspire vs. Sweat

Perspireverb

(ambitransitive) To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.

Perspireverb

(intransitive) To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.

Perspireverb

To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.

Perspireverb

To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.

Perspireverb

To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.

Perspireverb

excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin;

Sweatnoun

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.

Sweatnoun

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

Sweatnoun

(historical) The sweating sickness.

Sweatnoun

Moisture issuing from any substance.

Sweatnoun

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

Sweatnoun

(uncountable) Hard work; toil.

Sweatverb

(intransitive) To emit sweat.

Sweatverb

(transitive) To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire.

Sweatverb

To work hard.

Sweatverb

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

Sweatverb

To worry.

Sweatverb

To worry about (something).

Sweatverb

(transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.

Sweatverb

(intransitive) To emit moisture.

Sweatverb

To solder (a pipe joint) together.

Sweatverb

To stress out.

Sweatverb

To cook slowly in shallow oil without browning.

Sweatverb

To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.

Sweatverb

To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire.

Sweatverb

Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.

Sweatverb

To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.

Sweatverb

To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.

Sweatverb

To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude.

Sweatverb

To unite by heating, after the application of soldier.

Sweatverb

To get something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers.

Sweatnoun

The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration.

Sweatnoun

The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery.

Sweatnoun

Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack.

Sweatnoun

The sweating sickness.

Sweatnoun

A short run by a race horse in exercise.

Sweatnoun

salty fluid secreted by sweat glands;

Sweatnoun

agitation resulting from active worry;

Sweatnoun

condensation of moisture on a cold surface;

Sweatnoun

use of physical or mental energy; hard work;

Sweatverb

excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin;

Sweatnoun

moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, typically in profuse quantities as a reaction to heat, physical exertion, fever, or fear

Sweatnoun

an instance or period of being covered with sweat

Sweatnoun

a state of flustered anxiety or distress

Sweatnoun

hard work; effort

Sweatnoun

a laborious task or undertaking

Sweatnoun

another term for sweatsuit or sweatpants

Sweatnoun

denoting loose casual garments made of thick, fleecy cotton

Sweatverb

exude sweat

Sweatverb

get rid of something from the body by exuding sweat

Sweatverb

cause (a person or animal) to exude sweat by exercise or exertion

Sweatverb

(of food or an object) ooze or exude beads of moisture on to its surface

Sweatverb

(of a person) exert a great deal of strenuous effort

Sweatverb

(of a person) be or remain in a state of extreme anxiety, typically for a prolonged period

Sweatverb

worry about (something)

Sweatverb

heat (chopped vegetables) slowly in a pan with a small amount of fat, so that they cook in their own juices

Sweatverb

(of chopped vegetables) be cooked slowly in a pan with a small amount of fat

Sweatverb

subject (metal) to surface melting, especially to fasten or join by solder without a soldering iron