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Thermal vs Suprathermal - What's the difference?

thermal | suprathermal |


As adjectives the difference between thermal and suprathermal

is that thermal is pertaining to heat or temperature while suprathermal is having an energy greater than that associated with a comparable entity generated by thermal excitation.

As a noun thermal

is a column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of Earth's surface.

Excitation vs Suprathermal - What's the difference?

excitation | suprathermal |


In physics|lang=en terms the difference between excitation and suprathermal

is that excitation is (physics) the change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy while suprathermal is (physics) having an energy greater than that associated with a comparable entity generated by thermal excitation.

As a noun excitation

is the act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.

As an adjective suprathermal is

(physics) having an energy greater than that associated with a comparable entity generated by thermal excitation.

Superencryption vs Superencipherment - What's the difference?

superencryption | superencipherment |


As nouns the difference between superencryption and superencipherment

is that superencryption is the application of a series of multiple encryption processes to a text while superencipherment is superencryption.

Beaver vs Castory - What's the difference?

beaver | castory |


As nouns the difference between beaver and castory

is that beaver is an aquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet while castory is an extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value.

As a proper noun Beaver

is {{surname|lang=en}.

Medicinal vs Castory - What's the difference?

medicinal | castory |


As an adjective medicinal

is medicinal.

As a noun castory is

(obsolete) an extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value.

Plant vs Castory - What's the difference?

plant | castory |


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between plant and castory

is that plant is (obsolete) the sole of the foot while castory is (obsolete) the color of castory extract.

As nouns the difference between plant and castory

is that plant is an organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree while castory is (obsolete) an extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value.

As a verb plant

is to place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.

Preparation vs Castory - What's the difference?

preparation | castory |


As nouns the difference between preparation and castory

is that preparation is preparation while castory is (obsolete) an extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value.

Color vs Castory - What's the difference?

color | castory |


As nouns the difference between color and castory

is that color is (uncountable) the spectral composition of visible light while castory is (obsolete) an extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value.

As an adjective color

is conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.

As a verb color

is to give something color.

Newlywed vs Neogamist - What's the difference?

newlywed | neogamist |


As nouns the difference between newlywed and neogamist

is that newlywed is a recently married person while neogamist is a person recently married; newlywed.

As an adjective newlywed

is recently married.

Liquid vs Handwash - What's the difference?

liquid | handwash |


As nouns the difference between liquid and handwash

is that liquid is a substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid while handwash is a liquid soap for washing the hands.

As an adjective liquid

is flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

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