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Cremation vs Crenation - What's the difference?

cremation | crenation |

As nouns the difference between cremation and crenation

is that cremation is a burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse while crenation is the contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells.

cremation

English

(wikipedia cremation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

    • Synonyms

    * incineration

    Related terms

    * cremate * cremating * crematorium, crematory

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ation

    crenation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia crenation)
  • The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells.
  • (botany) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
  • The condition of being crenate.

    • Anagrams

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