Deliquesce vs Liquefy - What's the difference?
deliquesce | liquefy |
To melt and disappear.
* 1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter VIII
*:Exploring, I found another short gallery running transversely to the first. This appeared to be devoted to minerals, and the sight of a block of sulphur set my mind running on gunpowder. But I could find no saltpeter; indeed no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago. Yet the sulphur hung in my mind and set up a train of thinking. As for the rest of the contents of that place, though on the whole they were the best preserved of all I saw—I had little interest. I am no specialist in mineralogy, and I soon went on down a very ruinous aisle running parallel to the first hall I had entered.
(chemistry) To become liquid by absorbing water from the atmosphere.
(physics, chemistry) To make into a liquid, either by condensing a gas or by melting a solid.
* 1878 March 12, ,
(cooking) To make into a liquid by mashing, such as by using a blender.
* 2007 , May Jideofo, Ukwa (Breadfruit Beans)'', recipe in ''Healthier Alternatives: Low Saturated Fat African Cooking and Recipes ,
As verbs the difference between deliquesce and liquefy
is that deliquesce is to melt and disappear while liquefy is (physics|chemistry) to make into a liquid, either by condensing a gas or by melting a solid.deliquesce
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(en-verb)liquefy
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* liquifyVerb
- Faraday succeeded in liquefying' a certain number of gases by compression and refrigeration, but there still remained a number that proved absolutely refractory to the most powerful agencies; hence these gases were called ''permanent''. A retired manufacturer, who at the same time is a distinguished man of science, M. Cailletet, has subdued the permanent gases, having succeeded in ' liquefying and solidifying them.
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- Place crayfish and fresh pepper in a blender, add small water, liquefy and cook for 20 minutes or until tender.