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Sulfur vs Salt - What's the difference?

sulfur | salt |

In transitive terms the difference between sulfur and salt

is that sulfur is to treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests while salt is to add salt to.

As an initialism SALT is

strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

sulfur

English

Alternative forms

* sulphur

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16.
  • (countable, uncountable) A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
  • Synonyms

    * (element) brimstone

    Derived terms

    * desulfur, desulphur * disulfur, disulphur * flowers of sulfur, flowers of sulphur * hepar sulphuris * hydrodesulfurization, hydrohydrodesulphurisation, hydrohydrodesulphurization * iron-sulfur cluster, iron-sulphur cluster * potash of sulfur, potash of sulphur * sulf-, sulfo-, sulph-, sulpho- * sulfa-, sulpha- * sulfonium, sulphonium * * * * * * sulfurate, sulphurate * sulfur acid, sulphur acid * sulfur alcohol, sulphur alcohol * sulfur bacterium, sulphur bacterium * sulfur bath, sulphur bath * sulfur-bottom, sulphur-bottom * sulfur-bottom whale, sulphur-bottom whale * sulfur butterfly, sulphur butterfly * sulfur cast, sulphur cast * sulfur cockatoo, sulphur cockatoo * sulfur-color, sulphur-colour * sulfur-colored, sulphur-coloured * sulphur cone * sulfur-crested cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo * sulfur cycle, sulphur cycle * sulfur dibromide, sulphur dibromide * sulfur dioxide, sulphur dioxide * sulfured, sulphured * sulphur-headed cauliflower * sulfur ether, sulphur ether * sulfuretum, sulphuretum * sulfur fungus, sulphur fungus * sulfur hexafluoride, sulphur hexafluoride * sulfuric, sulphuric * sulfuriferous, sulphuriferous * sulfur impression, sulphur impression * sulfuring, sulphuring * sulfurity, sulphurity * sulfur match, sulphur match * sulfur monoxide, sulphur monoxide * sulphur of ivy * sulfur ore, sulphur ore * sulfur oxide, sulphur oxide * sulfur parakeet, sulphur parakeet * sulfur pearl, sulphur pearl * sulfur print, sulphur print * sulfur pyrites, sulphur pyrites * sulfur rain, sulphur rain * sulfur salt, sulphur salt * sulfur shower, sulphur shower * sulfur soap, sulphur soap * sulfur spring, sulphur spring * sulfur tree, sulphur tree * sulfur trioxide, sulphur trioxide * sulfur tuft, sulphur tuft * sulphur vivum * sulfur weed, sulphur weed * sulfur works, sulphur works * sulfurwort, sulphurwort * sulfur yellow, sulphur yellow * sulfury, sulphury * sulfuryl, sulphuryl * tetrasulfur, tetrasulphur * vegetable sulfur, vegetable sulphur * virgin sulfur, virgin sulphur * volcanic sulfur, volcanic sulphur * ultra-low sulfur diesel, ultra-low sulphur diesel

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests.
  • See also

    * acid rain * alunite * barite * cinnabar * cysteine * dithionous acid * Epsom salts * galena * gunpowder * gypsum * heparin * Lawesson's reagent * mercaptan * methionine * oleum * polythionic acid * pyrite * sodium dithionate * sodium dithionite * sphalerite * stibnite * thi-, thio- * thiol * thiolate * thionic * ----

    salt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
  • * c. 1430' (reprinted '''1888 ), Thomas Austin, ed., ''Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: 374760, page 11:
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  • (chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
  • (uncommon) A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
  • (slang) A sailor .
  • * 1850 , Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
  • Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing and gossiping, clusters of old salts .
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick ,
  • I never go as a passenger; nor, though I am something of a salt , do I ever go to sea as a Commodore, or a Captain, or a Cook.
  • (cryptography) Randomly]] chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting it, in order to render [[brute force, brute-force decryption more difficult.
  • A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
  • (obsolete) flavour; taste; seasoning
  • * Shakespeare
  • Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen we have some salt of our youth in us.
  • (obsolete) piquancy; wit; sense
  • Attic salt
  • (obsolete) A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
  • * Samuel Pepys
  • I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen of silver salts .
  • (figurative) That which preserves from corruption or error, or purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction.
  • His statements must be taken with a grain of salt .
  • * Bible, Matthew v. 13
  • Ye are the salt of the earth.

    Derived terms

    * chicken salt * desalt * Epsom salt * persalt * pinch of salt * protosalt * rock salt * rub salt in the wound / rub salt in a wound * salt and pepper * saltcellar * salt lake * Salt Lake City * salt marsh * salt of the earth * salt sea * saltwater * salty * sea salt * table salt * take with a pinch of salt *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Salty; salted.
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  • Saline.
  • (figurative, obsolete) Bitter; sharp; pungent.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me.
  • (figurative, obsolete) Salacious; lecherous; lustful.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To add salt to.
  • to salt fish, beef, or pork
  • To deposit salt as a saline solution.
  • The brine begins to salt .
  • (mining) To blast gold into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.
  • (cryptography) To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
  • To include colorful language in.
  • To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
  • (archaeology) To add bogus evidence to an archeological site.
  • To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
  • Antonyms

    * (add salt) desalt

    Derived terms

    * desalt * salt away

    Anagrams

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