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Sifting vs Sieving - What's the difference?

sifting | sieving |

As verbs the difference between sifting and sieving

is that sifting is present participle of lang=en while sieving is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between sifting and sieving

is that sifting is the act by which something is sifted while sieving is the act of passing something through a sieve.

sifting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is sifted.

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    sieving

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of passing something through a sieve.
  • Material that has passed through a sieve.
  • * 2008 , D. K. Maheshwari, Potential Microorganisms For Sustainable Agriculture (page 79)
    • The sievings retained on different sieves are washed into separate Petri dishes for further observations or purification by sucrose centrifugation.

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