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Liquid vs Dissolvent - What's the difference?

liquid | dissolvent |

As adjectives the difference between liquid and dissolvent

is that liquid is liquid while dissolvent is capable of dissolution into a fluid.

As nouns the difference between liquid and dissolvent

is that liquid is liquid while dissolvent is a substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.

liquid

English

(wikipedia liquid)

Noun

  • (physics) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
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  • (phonetics) An l'' or ''r sound.
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    • Usage notes

    The differentiation of a liquid as an incompressible fluid is not strictly correct, experiment having shown that liquids are compressible to a very limited extent. See fluid.

    Coordinate terms

    * solid * gas

    Related terms

    * liquidate * liquidation * liquidizer * liquor

    See also

    * fluid

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
    • liquid nitrogen
  • (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
  • (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
  • Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
    • a liquid melody
  • Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.
    • L and R are liquid letters.
  • Fluid and transparent.
    • the liquid air

    Antonyms

    * (flowing freely) solid; gaseous * (easily sold) illiquid * (having sufficient activity) illiquid

    Related terms

    * liquefiable * liquefy * liquidity * liquify

    External links

    * * English refractory feminine rhymes

    dissolvent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
  • Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body.
  • * Ray
    • the dissolvent juices of the stomach

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) ----