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Petrification vs Sedimentation - What's the difference?

petrification | sedimentation |

As nouns the difference between petrification and sedimentation

is that petrification is petrification, petrifaction while sedimentation is sedimentation.

petrification

Noun

  • the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained
  • (figurative) obduracy; callousness
  • (Hallywell)

    Synonyms

    * petrifaction

    sedimentation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sedimentation) (en noun)
  • The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid
  • Derived terms

    *sedimentation constant *sedimentation rate