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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Permeate VS saturate

What is the difference between permeate and saturate?
  

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Saturate means to fill (a cloth or other absorbant material) with liquid so it cannot hold anymore. When you wipe up a spill, use a sponge. When the sponge is saturated, wring it out.

  • Saturate means to fill (a cloth or other absorbant material) with liquid so it cannot hold anymore.
  • When you wipe up a spill, use a sponge.
  • When the sponge is saturated, wring it out.
  • It rained so much that the soil was saturated and the water began to form puddles.
  • Permeate means for a liquid (or other material that can flow) to pass or trickle through another material.
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Saturate means to fill (a cloth or other absorbant material) with liquid so it cannot hold anymore.
When you wipe up a spill, use a sponge. When the sponge is saturated, wring it out.
It rained so much that the soil was saturated and the water began to form puddles.

Permeate means for a liquid (or other material that can flow) to pass or trickle through another material.

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