Condensate vs Concentrate - What's the difference?
condensate | concentrate |
(physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.
(chemistry) The product of a condensation reaction.
(physics) Any of various condensed quantum states.
To condense.
(obsolete) Made dense; condensed.
* Peacham
(ambitransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense (qualifier, as opposed to 'dilute').
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
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, chapter=2 To focus one's thought or attention (on).
As nouns the difference between condensate and concentrate
is that condensate is a liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam while concentrate is a substance that is in a condensed form.As verbs the difference between condensate and concentrate
is that condensate is to condense while concentrate is to bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.As an adjective condensate
is made dense; condensed.condensate
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(wikipedia condensate)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* Bose-Einstein condensateVerb
(condensat)- (Hammond)
Adjective
(en adjective)- Water thickened or condensate .
concentrate
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Verb
(concentrat)- to concentrate rays of light into a focus
- to concentrate the attention
- Let me concentrate !
- to concentrate acid by evaporation
- to concentrate by washing
- Population tends to concentrate in cities.
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