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Formulation vs Ingredient - What's the difference?

formulation | ingredient |

As nouns the difference between formulation and ingredient

is that formulation is the act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula while ingredient is ingredient.

formulation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
  • (medicine) A medicinal preparation
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    ingredient

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the substances present in a mixture.
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
  • By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients .
  • * Arbuthnot
  • Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.

    Holonyms

    * mixture