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Hardening vs Quenching - What's the difference?

hardening | quenching |

As verbs the difference between hardening and quenching

is that hardening is present participle of lang=en while quenching is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between hardening and quenching

is that hardening is the process by which something hardens while quenching is the extinction of any of several physical properties.

hardening

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process by which something hardens.
  • That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
    • (Webster 1913)

    quenching

    English

    (wikipedia quenching)

    Noun

  • (physics) The extinction of any of several physical properties.
  • The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it.

    • Derived terms

    * quenching frequency * quenching oil * quenching stress

    Verb

    (head)