Desiccate vs Hydrate - What's the difference?
desiccate | hydrate |
to dry
* Francis Bacon
to preserve by drying
(chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
(inorganic compound, rare) Water.
To take up, consume or become linked to water.
(slang) To drink water.
As a verb desiccate
is to dry.As a noun hydrate is
.desiccate
English
Verb
(desiccat)- Bodies desiccated by heat or age.
Synonyms
* to dry: dehydrate, parchAntonyms
* to dry: moisten, moisturize, wethydrate
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* carbohydrate * chloral hydrate * decahydrate * dihydrate * dodecahydrate * gas hydrate * hemihydrate * heptahydrate * hexahydrate * methane hydrate * monohydrate * nonahydrate * octahydrate * pentahydrate * sesquihydrate * tetrahydrate * trihydrate * undecahydrateSee also
* ("hydrate" on Wikipedia) * water of crystallizationVerb
(hydrat)- A lotion can hydrate the skin.