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Acidification vs Acidizing - What's the difference?

acidification | acidizing |

As a noun acidification

is the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.

As a verb acidizing is

present participle of acidize.

acidification

English

Noun

  • The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
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    Coral reefs, for instance, are suffering from the higher temperatures and the effects of acidification whilst also being weakened by bad fishing practices, pollution, siltation and toxic algal blooms.

    Antonyms

    * basification

    acidizing

    English

    Verb

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