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Leeching vs Eluviation - What's the difference?

leeching | eluviation |

As nouns the difference between leeching and eluviation

is that leeching is a medical treatment using leeches while eluviation is (soil science|countable) the sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.

As a verb leeching

is .

leeching

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A medical treatment using leeches.

    • eluviation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia eluviation)
  • (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall
  • (geology, uncountable) Creation of geological deposits (eluvial deposits) by in situ weathering or weathering plus gravitational movement or accumulation.

    • Related terms

    * eluviate