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Decomposition vs Distillation - What's the difference?

decomposition | distillation |

As nouns the difference between decomposition and distillation

is that decomposition is a biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost while distillation is the act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

decomposition

Noun

(en noun)
  • A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost
  • The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis
  • The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom or a compound) into constituent parts
  • distillation

    Noun

  • The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
  • That which falls in drops.
  • (Johnson)
  • (chemistry, chemical engineering) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.
  • The substance extracted by distilling.
  • * 1599 , , III. v. 104:
  • to be stopped in, like a strong distillation , with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease.