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Surfactant vs Nonsurfactant - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between surfactant and nonsurfactant

is that surfactant is (chemistry) a surface active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic "head" and a hydrophobic "tail" while nonsurfactant is that which is not a surfactant.