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Moisture vs Deliquium - What's the difference?

moisture | deliquium |

As nouns the difference between moisture and deliquium

is that moisture is a moderate degree of wetness while deliquium is (chemistry) liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.

moisture

English

Noun

(wikipedia moisture) (en-noun)
  • A moderate degree of wetness.
  • :(Francis Bacon)
  • That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
  • All my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. -
  • (medicine) Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment.
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    deliquium

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
  • (pathology) An abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain; fainting.
  • *, vol.1, New York, 2001, p.387:
  • *:If he be locked in a close room, he is afraid of being stifled for want of air, and still carries biscuit, aquavitæ, or some strong waters about him, for fear of deliquiums , or being sick […].
  • (literary, figuratively) A languid, maudlin mood.
  • (rare) An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.
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