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Maceration vs Fermentation - What's the difference?

maceration | fermentation |

As nouns the difference between maceration and fermentation

is that maceration is maceration while fermentation is (biochemistry) any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide.

maceration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of macerating.
  • * The Armored Dinosaurs edited by Kenneth Carpenter 2001 google print ref
    • ... proposed that the small size of the teeth ... implied that most of the maceration of the food occurred after swallowing.

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    fermentation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia fermentation) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide
  • A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • It puts the soul to fermentation and activity.
  • * Charles Kingsley
    • a universal fermentation of human thought and faith

    Related terms

    * ferment

    Derived terms

    * alcoholic fermentation * malolactic fermentation * secondary fermentation ----