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Hydrology vs Hydrolysis - What's the difference?

hydrology | hydrolysis |

As nouns the difference between hydrology and hydrolysis

is that hydrology is the science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere while hydrolysis is a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.

hydrology

English

(wikipedia hydrology)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere

    • Derived terms

    * dendrohydrology * ecohydrology * hydrologist * radiohydrology

    hydrolysis

    English

    Noun

    (hydrolyses)
  • (chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.
  • (biochemistry) The degradation of certain biopolymers (proteins, complex sugars) by the chemical process that results in smaller polymers or monomers (such as amino acids or monosaccharides)

    • Related terms

    * hydrolyze