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Putrefaction vs Putrification - What's the difference?

putrefaction | putrification |

As nouns the difference between putrefaction and putrification

is that putrefaction is the act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products while putrification is putrefaction.

putrefaction

English

(wikipedia putrefaction)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
  • Rotten material.
  • The state of being rotten.

    • Related terms

    * putrescent * putrefactive * putrefacient * putrefy * putrid

    References

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    putrification

    English

    Noun

  • putrefaction
    • (Webster 1913)