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Solution vs Emollient - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between solution and emollient

is that solution is a homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances while emollient is something which softens or lubricates the skin.

As an adjective emollient is

moisturizing.

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.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=5 citation , passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.}}
  • A product, service or suite thereof.
  • (legal, UK, archaic, rare) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.
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    • Antonyms

    * problem

    emollient

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something which softens or lubricates the skin.
  • * 2008 , Carol A. Miller, Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults (Fifth edition) , Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 505,
    • [T]he effectiveness of an emollient is based on its ability to prevent water evaporation,
  • Anything soothing the mind, or that makes something more acceptable.
  • * 2004 , David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas ,
    • Attentive conversation is an emollient I lack sorely aboard Prophetess & the doctor is a veritable polymath.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Moisturizing.
  • Soothing]] or [[mollify, mollifying.

    • Related terms

    * mollify ----