Distillation vs Refinery - What's the difference?
distillation | refinery |
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:
A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.
As nouns the difference between distillation and refinery
is that distillation is distillation while refinery is a building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.distillation
English
(wikipedia distillation)Noun
- (Johnson)
- to be stopped in, like a strong distillation , with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease.
