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Admixture vs Commixture - What's the difference?

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Admixture is a related term of commixture.


As nouns the difference between admixture and commixture

is that admixture is an instance of admixing, a mixing-in of something while commixture is the act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents.

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.

    • Related terms

    * admix

    commixture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents.
  • *1658': Some apprehended a purifying virtue in fire, refining the grosser '''commixture , and firing out the Æthereall particles so deeply immersed in it. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 4)