Pengertian dan Penggunaan Defuse dan Diffuse
Defuse dan diffuse adalah verb (kata kerja) yang terdengar sama namun maknanya berbeda.
Sebenarnya diffuse lebih umum sebagai adjective (kata sifat), berbeda dengan defuse yang umum sebagai verb. Ketika berfungsi sebagai adjective, diffuse berarti “not concentrated or spread out” (menyebar/membaur).
Beberapa Contoh Kalimat Defuse dan Diffuse
Beberapa Contoh Kalimat Defuse dan Diffuse| Defuse | U Thant helped defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis. (U Thant membantu meredakan Krisis Rudal Kuba.) |
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| I defused the angry customer by listening calmly and completely to his problem. (Saya menenangkan pelangan yang marah itu dengan mendengarkan dengan tenang dan lengkap masalahnya.) |
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| Diffuse | She purchased a nebulizer to diffuse the essential oils into the air. (Dia membeli sebuah nebulizer untuk menyebarkan minyak-minyak esensial ke udara.) verb |
| The sunlight was diffused by small particles of dust. (Sinar matahari disebarkan oleh partikel-partikel kecil debu.) verb |
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| The unpleasant smell was diffused throughout the room. (Bau yang tidak menyenangkan itu menyebar ke seluruh ruangan.) adjective |
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References:
- ‘Diffuse’ or ‘defuse’? http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/diffuse-or-defuse. Accessed on July 19, 2015.
- Defuse and Diffuse. http://grammar.about.com/od/alightersideofwriting/a/DefuseDiffuseGlossary.htm. Accessed on July 19, 2015.
- Defuse/Diffuse. https://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/defuse.html. Accessed on July 19, 2015.
- Grammar Trap: Diffuse vs. Defuse. https://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agcomm/ontarget/archive/03_07.htm#grammar. Accessed on July 19, 2015.
- Defuse. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defuse. Accessed on July 19, 2015.
- Diffuse. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diffuse. Accessed on July 19, 2015.