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Suspensions vs Sediment - What's the difference?

suspensions | sediment |

As nouns the difference between suspensions and sediment

is that suspensions is plural of suspension while sediment is a collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.

As a verb sediment is

to deposit material as a sediment.

suspensions

English

Noun

(head)

    • sediment

    English

    (wikipedia sediment)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
    • The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.

    Hyponyms

    * dregs * grounds * grout * settlings

    Related terms

    * sedimentary * sedimentation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deposit material as a sediment.
  • To be deposited as a sediment.

    • Anagrams

    * * * * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , sedìment, sedimenti , sedimenta, sedimen?ta / sedim?nt? , sedimentu, sedimentima , sediment, sedimente , sedimente, sedimenti , sedimentu, sedimentima , sedimentom, sedimentima }}