Infiltration vs Permeation - What's the difference?
infiltration | permeation |
The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.
The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
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The act of entering a physical location and/or organization secretly.
The movement of a fluid through a porous or permeable solid.
(medicine) The spreading of something (especially something malignant) through the body via blood vessels etc.
As nouns the difference between infiltration and permeation
is that infiltration is the act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body while permeation is permeation.infiltration
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Noun
(en noun)- calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities
