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Refinement vs Distillation - What's the difference?

refinement | distillation |

As nouns the difference between refinement and distillation

is that refinement is the act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material while distillation is the act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

refinement

English

(wikipedia refinement)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
  • High-class style; cultivation.
  • A fine or subtle distinction.

    • distillation

    English

    (wikipedia distillation)

    Noun

  • The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
  • That which falls in drops.
    • (Johnson)
  • (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:
    • to be stopped in, like a strong distillation , with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease.