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Rancidification vs Putrefaction - What's the difference?

rancidification | putrefaction |

As nouns the difference between rancidification and putrefaction

is that rancidification is decomposition of fats and other lipids by hydrolysis and/or oxidation; process of becoming rancid while putrefaction is putrefaction.

rancidification

English

(wikipedia rancidification)

Noun

(en noun)
  • decomposition of fats and other lipids by hydrolysis and/or oxidation; process of becoming rancid

    • 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

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