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Antacid vs Saturant - What's the difference?

antacid | saturant |

As nouns the difference between antacid and saturant

is that antacid is an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach while saturant is a substance which is used to saturate another.

As adjectives the difference between antacid and saturant

is that antacid is counteracting or neutralizing acidity, especially in the stomach while saturant is impregnating to the full; saturating.

antacid

English

(wikipedia antacid)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Counteracting or neutralizing acidity, especially in the stomach.

    • saturant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Impregnating to the full; saturating.
  • * 1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 45:
    • It is a world of seizing visual beauty, of shimmering whites and yellows that shift to glowing apricot, pink and violet with the sinking of the saturant sun.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substance which is used to saturate another.
  • (medicine) An antacid, such as magnesia, used to reduce stomach acidity.