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Stratification vs Sedimentation - What's the difference?

stratification | sedimentation |

As nouns the difference between stratification and sedimentation

is that stratification is the process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks while sedimentation is sedimentation.

stratification

English

Noun

(wikipedia stratification) (en noun)
  • the process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks
  • (music) a layering of musical texture
  • (ecology) the vertical layering of vegetation in a forest

    • Derived terms

    *economic stratification *lake stratification *social stratification *substratification

    sedimentation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sedimentation) (en noun)
  • The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid

    • Derived terms

    *sedimentation constant *sedimentation rate