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Sorption vs Uptake - What's the difference?

sorption | uptake |

As nouns the difference between sorption and uptake

is that sorption is sorption while uptake is understanding, comprehension.

As a verb uptake is

(archaic) to take up, to lift.

sorption

English

(wikipedia sorption)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (sciences) Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption.

    • See also

    * desorption

    Anagrams

    * ----

    uptake

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • understanding, comprehension
  • absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism
  • (dated) a chimney

    • Derived terms

    * quick or slow on the uptake

    Verb

  • (archaic) To take up, to lift.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.ii:
  • *:He hearkned to his reason, and the childe / Vptaking , to the Palmer gaue to beare [...].

    • Anagrams

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