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Dissipation vs Absorption - What's the difference?

dissipation | absorption |

As nouns the difference between dissipation and absorption

is that dissipation is the act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste while absorption is absorption (act or process of absorbing, either liquid or light).

dissipation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • without loss or dissipation of the matter
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • the famous dissipation of mankind
  • A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
  • * P. Henry
    • to reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance
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    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“… This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. I am sure, Lord Stranleigh, that he has been descanting on the distraction of the woods and the camp, or perhaps the metropolitan dissipation of Philadelphia, …”}}
  • A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations .
  • (physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system

    • absorption

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
  • # (obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
  • # assimilate; incorporation.
  • ''the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger
  • the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool
  • # (chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
  • the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
  • # (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
  • Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
    • absorption in some employment
  • Mental assimilation.
  • (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
  • The taking on of by a shipping company of special charges by another without price increase.
  • The natural lessening of radio waves due to atmospheric interference.

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