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Separator vs Centrifuge - What's the difference?

separator | centrifuge |

As nouns the difference between separator and centrifuge

is that separator is an object located between two or more things and hence them while centrifuge is a device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.

As a verb centrifuge is

to rotate something in a centrifuge in order to separate its constituents.

separator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An object located between two or more things and hence them.
  • A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.
  • An agent performing the action of separating.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    centrifuge

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia centrifuge) (en noun)
  • A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
  • (figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.

    • Derived terms

    * gas centrifuge * ultracentrifuge

    Related terms

    * centrifugal force

    Verb

  • To rotate something in a centrifuge in order to separate its constituents