Hydrate vs Nutrition - What's the difference?
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(chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
(inorganic compound, rare) Water.
To take up, consume or become linked to water.
(slang) To drink water.
(biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
As nouns the difference between hydrate and nutrition
is that hydrate is a solid compound containing or linked to water molecules while nutrition is the organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.As a verb hydrate
is to take up, consume or become linked to water.hydrate
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(en noun)Derived terms
* carbohydrate * chloral hydrate * decahydrate * dihydrate * dodecahydrate * gas hydrate * hemihydrate * heptahydrate * hexahydrate * methane hydrate * monohydrate * nonahydrate * octahydrate * pentahydrate * sesquihydrate * tetrahydrate * trihydrate * undecahydrateSee also
* ("hydrate" on Wikipedia) * water of crystallizationVerb
(hydrat)- A lotion can hydrate the skin.