Difference between Penetrate and Infiltrate

What is the difference between Penetrate and Infiltrate?

Penetrate as a verb is manage to enter into. while Infiltrate as a verb is to surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access.

Penetrate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Manage to enter into. To insert a penis into an opening, such as a vagina.

Example sentence: I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.

Infiltrate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access.To cause a fluid to pass through a substance by filtration.To send soldiers through gaps in the enemy line.

Example sentence: Any time that we read a script and the 'Leverage' team has to infiltrate a place, assume identities, or become con artists ourselves to take down the really bad con artists, it's always fun to do that.

We hope you now know whether to use Penetrate or Infiltrate in your sentence.

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