Fermentation vs Decomposition - What's the difference?
fermentation | decomposition |
(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
A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost
The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis
The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom or a compound) into constituent parts
As nouns the difference between fermentation and decomposition
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 decomposition is a biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.fermentation
English
Noun
(wikipedia fermentation) (en noun)- It puts the soul to fermentation and activity.
- a universal fermentation of human thought and faith