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Hydrolysis vs Electrolysis - What's the difference?

hydrolysis | electrolysis |

In chemistry terms the difference between hydrolysis and electrolysis

is that hydrolysis is a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water while electrolysis is the chemical change produced by passing an electric current through a conducting solution or a molten salt.

hydrolysis

English

Noun

(hydrolyses)
  • (chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.
  • (biochemistry) The degradation of certain biopolymers (proteins, complex sugars) by the chemical process that results in smaller polymers or monomers (such as amino acids or monosaccharides)

    • Related terms

    * hydrolyze

    electrolysis

    English

    (wikipedia electrolysis)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) the chemical change produced by passing an electric current through a conducting solution or a molten salt
  • the destruction of hair roots by means of an electric current

    • Related terms

    * electrolytic * electrolyze

    See also

    * electroplating