Difference between Distil and Extract

What is the difference between Distil and Extract?

Distil as a verb is subject a substance to distillation; . while Extract as a verb is 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.

Distil

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Subject a substance to distillation; . Undergo or be produced by distillation. Make by means of distillation, esp. whisky. Exude in small drops. Impart in small quantities. Extract the essence of; concentrate; purify. Trickle down or fall in small drops; ooze out. Be manifested gently or gradually. Drip or be wet with.

Extract

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That which is extracted or drawn out.A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing 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.A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract.A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.Ancestry; descent.A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: 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.To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Compare abstract, transitive verb.To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.To determine (a root of a number).

Example sentence: Tom Wall has the unique ability to extract, cultivate and realize a vision that goes far beyond simple bricks and mortar. He has an amazing appreciation of art and beauty and his designs begin with listening to his clients.

We hope you now know whether to use Distil or Extract in your sentence.

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