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Amalgam vs Commixture - What's the difference?

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Amalgam is a related term of commixture.


As nouns the difference between amalgam and commixture

is that amalgam is amalgam (alloy containing mercury) while commixture is the act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents.

amalgam

English

(wikipedia amalgam)

Noun

(amalgams)
  • (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury
  • A combination of different things

    • Synonyms

    * alloy, blend, combo, compound, mixture

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic, ambitransitive) To amalgamate.
    • (Boyle)
    (Ben Jonson)

    References

    ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • (l)

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun, amàlg?m, amalgami , amalgáma, amalgama , amalgamu, amalgamima , amalgam, amalgame , amalgame, amalgami , amalgamu, amalgamima , amalgamom, amalgamima }} ----

    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)