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Disintegration vs Deposition - What's the difference?

disintegration | deposition |

As nouns the difference between disintegration and deposition

is that disintegration is a process by which anything disintegrates while deposition is deposition, statement.

disintegration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A process by which anything disintegrates.
  • The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
  • (geology) A wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
  • Anagrams

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    deposition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The removal of someone from office.
  • The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
  • (chemistry) The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
  • (legal) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
  • (meteorology) The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.
  • (physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)
  • (religion) The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.
  • Synonyms

    * desublimation

    Antonyms

    * erosion, corrosion * sublimation

    Derived terms

    * thin film deposition * vapor deposition

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