Emollient vs Cerate - What's the difference?
emollient | cerate |
Something which softens or lubricates the skin.
* 2008 , Carol A. Miller, Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults (Fifth edition) , Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 505,
Anything soothing the mind, or that makes something more acceptable.
* 2004 , David Mitchell,
(medicine, archaic) An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
(Webster 1913)
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As nouns the difference between emollient and cerate
is that emollient is emollient (something which softens or lubricates the skin) while cerate is (medicine|archaic) an unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.As an adjective emollient
is emollient.As a verb emollient
is .emollient
English
Noun
(en noun)- [T]he effectiveness of an emollient is based on its ability to prevent water evaporation,
Cloud Atlas,
- Attentive conversation is an emollient I lack sorely aboard Prophetess & the doctor is a veritable polymath.