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Hydrolyzing vs Hydrolysis - What's the difference?

hydrolyzing | hydrolysis |

As a verb hydrolyzing

is present participle of hydrolyze.

As a noun 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.

hydrolyzing

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Verb

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  • 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)