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Dehydrate vs Dewater - What's the difference?

dehydrate | dewater | Synonyms |

Dewater is a synonym of dehydrate.



As verbs the difference between dehydrate and dewater

is that dehydrate is to lose or remove water; to dry while dewater is to remove water from.

dehydrate

English

Verb

(dehydrat)
  • to lose or remove water; to dry

    • Antonyms

    * hydrate * moisturize

    dewater

    English

    Verb

    (dewatering) (en verb)
  • To remove water from.
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    • , year=2004 , author=David A. Tillman and N. S. Harding , title=Fuels of opportunity: characteristics and uses in combustion systems , chapter=3 , isbn=0080441629 , page=89 , passage=In the 20th century, when the mechanical separation of impurities based upon specific gravity separations and the removal of fine coal particles which are difficult to handle and dewater became the technology of choice, the bituminous coal mining industry produced vast quantities of both gob and fines.}}

    Synonyms

    *dehydrate *dry

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