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Acidification vs Amidification - What's the difference?

acidification | amidification |

As nouns the difference between acidification and amidification

is that acidification is the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid while amidification is the formation of an amide from a carboxylic acid by reaction with an amine.

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

    amidification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) The formation of an amide from a carboxylic acid by reaction with an amine