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Aerate vs Cerate - What's the difference?

aerate | cerate |

As a verb aerate

is to supply oxygen or air.

As a noun cerate is

(medicine|archaic) an unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.

aerate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To supply oxygen or air.

    • Derived terms

    * aeration * aerator

    cerate

    English

    Noun

  • (medicine, archaic) An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
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