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Turbidity vs Opacity - What's the difference?

turbidity | opacity |

As nouns the difference between turbidity and opacity

is that turbidity is the state of being turbid; turbidness while opacity is the state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.

turbidity

English

Noun

  • the state of being turbid; turbidness

    • Derived terms

    * turbidity coefficient * turbidity current * turbidity factor

    opacity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through
    • We could not see the sandbar due to the opacity of the muddy water.
  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding
    • The opacity of these decisions is troubling.
  • (optics, countable) A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.
    • The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.

    Synonyms

    * opaqueness

    Coordinate terms

    * transparency