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Caramelization vs Crystallization - What's the difference?

caramelization | crystallization |

As nouns the difference between caramelization and crystallization

is that caramelization is the process that converts sugars into caramel; the process of caramelizing while crystallization is the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.

caramelization

English

Alternative forms

* caramelisation

Noun

(wikipedia caramelization) (-)
  • (cooking) The process that converts sugars into caramel; the process of caramelizing.
  • (cooking) The browning of sugars by heat.
    • Slowly cooking the onions will cause caramelization which will bring out the sweetness and give them a brown color.

    crystallization

    English

    (wikipedia crystallization)

    Alternative forms

    * (UK) crystallisation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
  • (countable) The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.
  • (uncountable, physics, chemistry) The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
  • (countable) The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.

    • Derived terms

    * fractional crystallization * water of crystallization