Flocculate vs Coagulate - What's the difference?
flocculate | coagulate |
To collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool.
To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
To cause to congeal.
(obsolete) Coagulated.
* 1599 , , II. ii. 460:
As verbs the difference between flocculate and coagulate
is that flocculate is to collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool while coagulate is to become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.As an adjective coagulate is
coagulated.As a noun coagulate is
a mass formed by means of coagulation.flocculate
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Verb
Usage notes
The verb can be used both transitively and intransitively, with the latter being more common in modern usage. ----coagulate
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(coagulat)- In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.
- Rennet coagulates''' milk; heat '''coagulates the white of an egg.
Antonyms
* dissolve, meltDerived terms
* coagulation * coagulantAdjective
(-)- roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,