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Solute vs Concentration - What's the difference?

solute | concentration |

As nouns the difference between solute and concentration

is that solute is solute while concentration is the act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

solute

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Loose; free; liberal
  • a solute interpretation
    (Francis Bacon)
  • Relaxed, hence, merry; cheerful
  • * Young
  • A brow solute , and ever-laughing eye.
  • Able to be dissolved; soluble
  • a solute salt
  • (botany) Not adhering; loose; opposed to adnate
  • a solute stipule

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution
  • Verb

    (solut)
  • (obsolete) To dissolve.
  • (obsolete) To absolve.
  • to solute sin
    (Bale)

    Anagrams

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    concentration

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
  • # The direction of attention to a specific object.
  • # The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
  • # The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
  • A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
  • The proportion of a substance in a whole.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell, magazine=(American Scientist)
  • , title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
  • # (chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
  • The matching game pelmanism.
  • Coordinate terms

    * (course of study) major, minor

    See also

    * salinity