Difference between Percolate and Filter

Percolate

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A liquid that has been percolated.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. To drain or seep through a porous substance. To make (coffee) in a percolator. To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.

Filter

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.A proper subset of a poset A, which subset includes an element less than both of every pair of its members, and includes every element more than each of its members.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To sort, sift, or isolate.To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road

Example sentence: In this modern world, where we have filters to make us look as nice as possible, it's good to take off the filter and go, 'I could look stupid here.' You'll learn something and be better for it.