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Saline vs Haline - What's the difference?

saline | haline |

As adjectives the difference between saline and haline

is that saline is containing salt; salty while haline is salty; saline.

As a noun saline

is water containing dissolved salt.

saline

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Containing salt; salty.
  • Resembling salt.
    • a saline taste

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Water containing dissolved salt.
  • A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

    • Synonyms

    * saline solution

    Derived terms

    * normal saline

    Anagrams

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    haline

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • salty; saline
  • of, or relating to the degree of saltiness

    • Derived terms

    * euryhaline * mesohaline * oligohaline * stenohaline * thermohaline

    Anagrams

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