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Leakage vs Diffusion - What's the difference?

leakage | diffusion |

As nouns the difference between leakage and diffusion

is that leakage is an act of leaking, or something that leaks while diffusion is the act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.

leakage

English

Noun

  • an act of leaking, or something that leaks
  • the amount lost due to a leak
  • an undesirable flow of electric current through insulation
  • loss of retail stock, especially due to theft
  • The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

    • diffusion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion
  • (physics) the scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium
  • (physics) the intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation
  • the spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities
  • (physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
  • the movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.