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Colloid vs Solution - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between colloid and solution

is that colloid is (chemistry) a stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles while solution is a homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.

As an adjective colloid

is glue-like; gelatinous.

colloid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Glue-like; gelatinous.
    • colloid tumours

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
  • (meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid ), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium). The dispersion medium may be a gas, a liquid, or a solid, and the dispersed phase may also be any of these, with the exception that one does not speak of a colloidal system of one gas in another. A system of liquid or solid particles colloidally dispersed in a gas is called an aerosol. A system of solid substances or water-insoluble liquids colloidally dispersed in liquid water is called a hydrosol.
  • (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

    • Derived terms

    * colloidal

    See also

    * solid sol solid in solid * sol solid in liquid * aerosol solid or liquid in gas * gel liquid in solid * emulsion liquid in liquid * foam gas in liquid or solid * aerogel gas in solid

    solution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
  • An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
  • The answer to a problem.
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  • A product, service or suite thereof.
  • (legal, UK, archaic, rare) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.
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    • Antonyms

    * problem