Fermentation vs Aging - What's the difference?
fermentation | aging |
(biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide
A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.
* Jeremy Taylor
* Charles Kingsley
(en noun) (US)
The process of becoming older or more mature.
Allowing something to become older.
The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.
(gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time
(euphemistic) Elderly person. Only as a collective plural in "the aging"
Becoming elderly.
As nouns the difference between fermentation and aging
is that fermentation is any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide while aging is the process of becoming older or more mature.As a verb aging is
present participle of lang=en.As an adjective aging is
becoming elderly.fermentation
English
Noun
(wikipedia fermentation) (en noun)- It puts the soul to fermentation and activity.
- a universal fermentation of human thought and faith
Derived terms
* alcoholic fermentation * malolactic fermentation * secondary fermentation ----aging
English
(wikipedia aging)Alternative forms
* ageing (Commonwealth English)Verb
(head)Noun
- The owner asked the clerk to age some big bills that were due.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The aging artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.