Solvent vs Mixture - What's the difference?
solvent | mixture |
A liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
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, title= That which resolves.
Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.
Having the power of dissolving; causing solution.
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, title= The act of mixing.
Something produced by mixing.
Something that consists of diverse elements
A medicinal compound
As nouns the difference between solvent and mixture
is that solvent is a liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution while mixture is the act of mixing.As an adjective solvent
is able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.solvent
English
Noun
(en noun)Philip J. Bushnell
Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=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.}}
Adjective
(-)Philip J. Bushnell
Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, magazine=(American Scientist) , 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.}}
Antonyms
* (l)mixture
English
(wikipedia mixture)Noun
(en noun)- The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.
- An alloy is a mixture of two metals.
- The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.
- A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals