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Fermentation vs Refermentation - What's the difference?

fermentation | refermentation |

As nouns the difference between fermentation and refermentation

is that fermentation is (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 while refermentation is the act of fermenting again, the fermentation of something that has already been fermented.

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 ----

    refermentation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of fermenting again, the fermentation of something that has already been fermented.