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Modernization vs Diffusion - What's the difference?

modernization | diffusion |

As nouns the difference between modernization and diffusion

is that modernization is the process of modernizing while diffusion is diffusion (physics: the intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation).

modernization

English

Noun

(wikipedia modernization)
  • the process of modernizing

    • Alternative forms

    * modernisation

    Related terms

    * modernize * modernizer

    diffusion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion
  • (physics) the scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium
  • (physics) the intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation
  • the spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities
  • (physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
  • the movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.