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Exiccation vs Exsiccation - What's the difference?

exiccation | exsiccation |

As nouns the difference between exiccation and exsiccation

is that exiccation is while exsiccation is the act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.

exiccation

English

Noun

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    • (Webster 1913)

    exsiccation

    English

    Noun

  • The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
  • * 1658 , Sir Thomas Brown, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , London: Edward Dod OCLC 216753971
    • That which is concreted by exsiccation or expression of humidity, will be resolved by humectification, as earth, dirt and clay.
    (Webster 1913)