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Clarification vs Edification - What's the difference?

clarification | edification |

As nouns the difference between clarification and edification

is that clarification is the act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities]]; particularly, the clearing or [[fine|fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent while edification is building, edification (act of building).

clarification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities]]; particularly, the clearing or [[fine, fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
  • The clarification of wine.
  • The act of freeing from obscurities.
  • Your ideas deserve clarification.

    Quotations

    * 1627 , , Sylva Sylvarum: Or a Natural History in Ten Centuries *: To know the means of accelerating clarification [in liquors] we must know the causes of clarification.

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    See also

    * qualification ----

    edification

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral, emotional, or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; through encouragement and instruction.
  • (archaic) A building or edifice.
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