Distillation vs Osmosis - What's the difference?
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The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
That which falls in drops.
(chemistry, chemical engineering) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.
The substance extracted by distilling.
* 1599 , , III. v. 104:
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)
As nouns the difference between distillation and osmosis
is that distillation is distillation while osmosis is .distillation
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(wikipedia distillation)Noun
- (Johnson)
- to be stopped in, like a strong distillation , with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease.
osmosis
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(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.