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Evaporation vs Infiltration - What's the difference?

evaporation | infiltration |

As nouns the difference between evaporation and infiltration

is that evaporation is the process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state while infiltration is the act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

evaporation

English

Noun

  • The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
  • The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
  • (archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.

    • See also

    * vaporization

    infiltration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.
  • The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
  • * Kirwan
    • calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities
  • The act of entering a physical location and/or organization secretly.