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Surfactant vs Dog - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between surfactant and dog

is that surfactant is (chemistry) a surface active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic "head" and a hydrophobic "tail" while dog is a mammal, canis lupus familiaris , that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.

As a verb dog is

to pursue with the intent to catch.

surfactant

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  • (chemistry) A surface active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic "head" and a hydrophobic "tail".
  • (biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.
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