Membrane vs Permeant - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between membrane and permeant

is that membrane is membrane while permeant is (biochemistry) a substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer.

(biochemistry) able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer.

(wikipedia membrane)

(en noun)

A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).

A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.

A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.

* neomembrane

(en adjective)

(biochemistry) Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer

a permeant ion species

* impermeant

(en noun)

(biochemistry) A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer

* {{quote-book, 2004, , Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, volume=4, editors=Kirk et al. citation

, passage=The overall movement of permeants through a polymer is called permeation, which is a multistep process.}}

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