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Flocculate vs Coagulate - What's the difference?

flocculate | coagulate |

As verbs the difference between flocculate and coagulate

is that flocculate is to collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool while coagulate is to become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

As an adjective coagulate is

coagulated.

As a noun coagulate is

a mass formed by means of coagulation.

flocculate

English

Verb

  • To collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool.

    • Usage notes

    The verb can be used both transitively and intransitively, with the latter being more common in modern usage. ----

    coagulate

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (coagulat)
  • To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
    • In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.
  • To cause to congeal.
    • Rennet coagulates''' milk; heat '''coagulates the white of an egg.
    Antonyms
    * dissolve, melt
    Derived terms
    * coagulation * coagulant
    Related terms
    * coagulum

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Coagulated.
  • * 1599 , , II. ii. 460:
    • roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mass formed by means of coagulation.

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