Desalination vs Distillation - What's the difference?
desalination | distillation |
The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water.
The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
That which falls in drops.
(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:
As nouns the difference between desalination and distillation
is that desalination is the process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water while distillation is distillation.desalination
English
(wikipedia desalination)Noun
(head)Synonyms
* desalinizationDerived terms
* desalination plantAnagrams
*distillation
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(wikipedia distillation)Noun
- (Johnson)
- to be stopped in, like a strong distillation , with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease.