petrification

As nouns the difference between petrification and carbonisation

is that petrification is petrification, petrifaction while carbonisation is (chiefly|british).

As nouns the difference between petrification and permineralization

is that petrification is the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained while permineralization is a form of fossilization in which minerals are deposited in the pores of bone and similar hard animal parts.

As nouns the difference between petrification and putrefaction

is that petrification is the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained while putrefaction is the act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.

As nouns the difference between petrification and sedimentation

is that petrification is petrification, petrifaction while sedimentation is sedimentation.

As nouns the difference between concretion and petrification

is that concretion is the process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass while petrification is the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained.

As nouns the difference between petrification and compression

is that petrification is the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained while compression is an increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.

As nouns the difference between petrification and carbonization

is that petrification is the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained while carbonization is the act or process of carbonizing.

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As a noun petrification

is the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained.

As nouns the difference between petrification and mineralization

is that petrification is the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained while mineralization is a form of fossilization in which the organic parts of an organism are replaced by minerals.

As nouns the difference between decomposition and petrification

is that decomposition is a biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost while petrification is the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained.