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Salinity vs Osmoconformer - What's the difference?

salinity | osmoconformer |

As nouns the difference between salinity and osmoconformer

is that salinity is the quality of being saline while osmoconformer is any marine invertebrate that maintains its internal salinity such that it is always equal to the surrounding seawater.

salinity

English

Noun

(salinities)
  • The quality of being saline.
  • (chemistry) The concentration of salt in a solution.

    • Synonyms

    * salineness * saltiness

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    osmoconformer

    English

    (wikipedia osmoconformer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • any marine invertebrate that maintains its internal salinity such that it is always equal to the surrounding seawater