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Admixture vs Adulteration - What's the difference?

admixture | adulteration | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between admixture and adulteration

is that admixture is an instance of admixing, a mixing-in of something while adulteration is the action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.

admixture

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of admixing, a mixing-in of something.
  • The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.
  • # A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
  • #*
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  • A mixture, in some contexts
  • # (epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
  • Background EEG demonstrates an admixture of theta and delta waves.
  • adulteration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
  • Antonyms

    * purification