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Maturated vs Saturated - What's the difference?

maturated | saturated |

As verbs the difference between maturated and saturated

is that maturated is past tense of maturate while saturated is past tense of saturate.

As an adjective saturated is

full; unable to hold or contain any more.

maturated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (maturate)

    • maturate

    English

    Verb

    (maturat)
  • To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
  • * Fuller
    • A tree may be maturated artificially.
  • To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
    • ----

    saturated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (saturate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
  • (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
  • (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
  • (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.

    • Related terms

    * saturate * saturity * unsaturated * polyunsaturated