Osmosis vs Absorbing - What's the difference?
osmosis | absorbing |
The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of high solvent potential to a region of lower solvent potential through a partially permeable membrane
(slang) Picking up knowledge accidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge.
* 1999 , Neil Gaiman, Stardust , pages 36-37 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)
Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.
* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=October 29
, author=Neil Johnston
, title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn
, work=BBC Sport
(statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
As a noun osmosis
is .As an adjective absorbing is
engrossing, that sustains someone's interest .As a verb absorbing is
.osmosis
English
(wikipedia osmosis)Noun
(osmoses)- I was reading about chickens, and I guess I learned about hawks through osmosis .
- At age fourteen, by a process of osmosis , of dirty jokes, whispered secrets and filthy ballads, Tristram learned of sex.
Derived terms
* electroosmosis * endosmosis * exosmosisabsorbing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- An absorbing pursuit.
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