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Flashpoint vs Evaporation - What's the difference?

flashpoint | evaporation |

As nouns the difference between flashpoint and evaporation

is that flashpoint is the lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid while evaporation is the process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.

flashpoint

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Alternative forms

flash point

Noun

(en noun)
  • The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid.
  • (figuratively) A hotspot; a dangerous place of violent political unrest

    • Synonyms

    * (figurative sense) hotspot, troublespot

    evaporation

    English

    Noun

  • The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
  • The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
  • (archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.

    • See also

    * vaporization