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Solvent vs Soluble - What's the difference?

solvent | soluble |

As adjectives the difference between solvent and soluble

is that solvent is able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets while soluble is able to be dissolved.

As a noun solvent

is a liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.

solvent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
    • , title= 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.}}
  • That which resolves.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.
  • Having the power of dissolving; causing solution.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
    • , title= 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)

    soluble

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be dissolved.
    • Sugar is soluble in water.
  • Able to be solved or explained.
    • A mystery that is easily soluble .

    Synonyms

    * dissolvable

    Antonyms

    * (able to be dissolved) (l) * (able to be solved or explained) (l)

    Anagrams

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