different between insulate vs inoculate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin insulatus (“made like an island”), past participle of insulare (“to make like an island”), from insula (“island”); see insular.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nsj?le?t/, /??n??le?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ns?le?t/
• Hyphenation: in?su?late

Verb

insulate (third-person singular simple present insulates, present participle insulating, simple past and past participle insulated)

1. To separate, detach, or isolate.
2. To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.

   Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.

Synonyms

• isolate

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Translations

Further reading

• insulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• insulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• alunites

Latin

Participle

?nsul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?nsul?tus

English

Alternative forms

• innoculate

Etymology

From Middle English inoculate, from Latin inocul?tus, perfect passive participle of inocul? (“ingraft an eye or bud of one plant into (another), implant”), from in (“in”) + oculus (“an eye”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n?kjule?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n??kjule?t/
• (General Australian)

Verb

inoculate (third-person singular simple present inoculates, present participle inoculating, simple past and past participle inoculated)

1. (transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from c. 1722]
2. (transitive, by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

3. To add one substance to another.

   Synonym: spike

4. To graft by inserting buds. [from c. 1420]
5. (figuratively) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles). [from a. 1600]

   Synonyms: imbue, implant

Related terms

Translations

See also

• immunize / immunise
• vaccinate

Further reading

• inoculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• inoculate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• lotucaine

Italian

Verb

inoculate

1. second-person plural present indicative of inoculare
2. second-person plural imperative of inoculare
3. feminine plural of inoculato

Anagrams

• cautelino

Latin

Verb

inocul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of inocul?