Processed vs Artificial - What's the difference?
processed | artificial |
That has completed a required process.
Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.
(process)
Man-made; of artifice.
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False, misleading.
Unnatural.
As adjectives the difference between processed and artificial
is that processed is that has completed a required process while artificial is man-made; of artifice.As a verb processed
is (process).processed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The processed data can now be used to generate statistics.
- The bank returned her processed application by mail.
- Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value.
Synonyms
* (modified through manufacture ): refined, manufacturedAntonyms
* unprocessed * (modified through manufacture ): naturalDerived terms
* processed foodsVerb
(head)artificial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.}}
