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Spoilage vs Rotting - What's the difference?

spoilage | rotting |

As nouns the difference between spoilage and rotting

is that spoilage is the part of something that has spoiled while rotting is the process by which something rots.

As a verb rotting is

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spoilage

English

Noun

(decomposition) (-)
  • The part of something that has spoiled.
  • The process of spoiling.
    • To prevent spoilage , store in a cool, dry place.

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    rotting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process by which something rots.
  • * 1686 , Robert Plot, The Natural History of Staffordshire (page 214)
    • the mould on the boles of the other [trees], that lyes commonly there, and is made of the annual rottings of their own leaves.
  • Material that has rotted.
  • * , Possum
    • From the compost rinds and rottings , from the garbage peels, from the shadows' darkness, darkness, this guttered meal and all its redolence.