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Refrigeration vs Cryogenic - What's the difference?

refrigeration | cryogenic |

As a noun refrigeration

is refrigeration.

As an adjective cryogenic is

of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures.

refrigeration

English

(wikipedia refrigeration)

Noun

  • The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
  • The process of preserving something by cooling.
  • (medicine) The cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes.

    • cryogenic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures

    • Related terms

    * cryogen * cryogenics

    See also

    * cryonic