Aqua vs Liquid - What's the difference?
aqua | liquid |
(inorganic compound) The compound water.
A shade of colour, usually a mix of green and blue similar to the colour turquoise.
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(physics) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
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, title= (phonetics) An l'' or ''r sound.
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Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
(finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
(finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.
Fluid and transparent.
As nouns the difference between aqua and liquid
is that aqua is (inorganic compound) the compound water while liquid is liquid.As adjectives the difference between aqua and liquid
is that aqua is of a greenish-blue colour while liquid is liquid.aqua
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Synonyms
* (colour) aquamarine * (water) seeDerived terms
* aquabib * aquabis * aquabob * aquacade * aquacise * aquacrop * aquaculture * aquaculturist * aquadynamic * aquaerobics * aqualung * aquamarine * aquanaut * aquapasto * aquaphobia * aquaplane * aqueous * aquiculture * aquifer * aquitard * subaquaSee also
* ----liquid
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(wikipedia liquid)Noun
Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.
Usage notes
The differentiation of a liquid as an incompressible fluid is not strictly correct, experiment having shown that liquids are compressible to a very limited extent. See fluid.Coordinate terms
* solid * gasSee also
* fluidAdjective
(en adjective)- liquid nitrogen
- a liquid melody
- L and R are liquid letters.
- the liquid air