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Dehydrate vs Hydrate - What's the difference?

dehydrate | hydrate | Antonyms |

Hydrate is a derived term of dehydrate.

Hydrate is a antonym of dehydrate.



As verbs the difference between dehydrate and hydrate

is that dehydrate is to lose or remove water; to dry while hydrate is to take up, consume or become linked to water.

As a noun hydrate is

a solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.

dehydrate

English

Verb

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

    • Antonyms

    * hydrate * moisturize

    hydrate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
  • (inorganic compound, rare) Water.

    • Derived terms

    * carbohydrate * chloral hydrate * decahydrate * dihydrate * dodecahydrate * gas hydrate * hemihydrate * heptahydrate * hexahydrate * methane hydrate * monohydrate * nonahydrate * octahydrate * pentahydrate * sesquihydrate * tetrahydrate * trihydrate * undecahydrate

    See also

    * ("hydrate" on Wikipedia) * water of crystallization

    Verb

    (hydrat)
  • To take up, consume or become linked to water.
    • A lotion can hydrate the skin.
  • (slang) To drink water.

    • Synonyms

    * (to add water to) bewater

    Coordinate terms

    * caffeinate

    Derived terms

    * dehydrate * rehydrate * hydration

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