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Asphalt vs Mixtion - What's the difference?

asphalt | mixtion |

As nouns the difference between asphalt and mixtion

is that asphalt is asphalt, tarmac while mixtion is (archaic) the act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture.

asphalt

English

Alternative forms

* asphalte

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.
  • asphalt concrete, a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways.

    • Derived terms

    * air-blown asphalt * asphalt jungle * asphalt shingle * asphalt emulsion

    See also

    * tarmac

    Verb

  • To pave with asphalt.

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    mixtion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) The act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture.
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.17:
    • Nor are there hardly any who either treat of mutation or mixtion of sexes, who have not left some mention of this point [...].
  • (obsolete) A compound of drugs; a medicinal concoction.
  • (obsolete) A chemical compound.
  • (obsolete) In gilding, a mixture of amber, mastic, and asphalt used as a for affixing gold leaf to wood or to distemper pictures.
  • (obsolete) The addition of something as an ingredient; admixture; the presence of a heterogeneous element in a mixture or compound.
  • (obsolete) A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.

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