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Saline vs Subsaline - What's the difference?

saline | subsaline |

As a noun saline

is salt pan (salt evaporation pond).

As an adjective subsaline is

moderately saline or salty.

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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    subsaline

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Moderately saline or salty.
  • (Webster 1913)