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Fermentation vs Aging - What's the difference?

fermentation | aging |

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)
  • (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
  • It puts the soul to fermentation and activity.
  • * Charles Kingsley
  • 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

  • (en noun) (US)
  • The process of becoming older or more mature.
  • Allowing something to become older.
  • The owner asked the clerk to age some big bills that were due.
  • 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"
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Becoming elderly.
  • The aging artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.

    Usage notes

    * Comparative and superlative forms are rare.

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