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Syneresis vs Retrogradation - What's the difference?

syneresis | retrogradation |

As nouns the difference between syneresis and retrogradation

is that syneresis is an alternative spelling of synaeresis while retrogradation is motion in a retrograde manner.

syneresis

English

Noun

(synereses)

    • retrogradation

    English

    Noun

  • Motion in a retrograde manner
  • Decline, degradation
  • (chemistry) A reaction that takes place in gelatinized starch when the amylose and amylopectin chains realign themselves, largely responsible for bread becoming stale.
  • :The major reason that bread stales is not moisture loss, but rather a process called retrogradation , in which the starch molecules in the bread crystallize.