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Reflux vs Influx - What's the difference?

reflux | influx |

As nouns the difference between reflux and influx

is that reflux is the backwards flow of any fluid while influx is a flow inward or into something.

As a verb reflux

is to boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser.

reflux

English

(wikipedia reflux)

Noun

(es)
  • the backwards flow of any fluid
  • * 1719-
    • ...after a little way out to sea, there was a current and wind, always one way in the morning, the other in the afternoon. This I understood to be no more than the sets of the tide, as going out or coming in; but I afterwards understood it was occasioned by the great draft and reflux of the mighty river Orinoco...
  • (chemistry) a technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period
  • (pathology) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus

    • Derived terms

    * gastroesophageal reflux * nonreflux * reflux condenser * refluxate

    Verb

  • To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser

    • influx

    English

    Noun

  • A flow inward or into something.
    • I'll buy a new computer when I get an influx of cash.

    Synonyms

    * (l)