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Fission vs Decomposition - What's the difference?

fission | decomposition |

As nouns the difference between fission and decomposition

is that fission is the process whereby one item splits to become two while decomposition is a biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.

As a verb fission

is to cause to undergo fission.

fission

English

(Nuclear fission)

Noun

  • The process whereby one item splits to become two.
  • (physics) The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles; nuclear fission
  • (biology) The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.

    • Antonyms

    * (process of splitting the nucleus of an atom) fusion

    Derived terms

    * fissile * fissionable * fissional * fission bomb

    Verb

  • To cause to undergo fission.
  • To undergo fission.

    • decomposition

    English

    (wikipedia decomposition)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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

    • Related terms

    * decompose