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Terms vs Corrodant - What's the difference?

terms | corrodant |

As nouns the difference between terms and corrodant

is that terms is while corrodant is (label) a corrosive ; a corrodent.

As an adjective corrodant is

(label).

terms

English

Noun

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    corrodant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label)
  • * 1833 , William Cobbett, A New French and English Dictionary, in Two Parts , Part I: French and English, page 104:
    • Corrodant, adj.'' corrodant , having the power of corroding ''or wasting by degrees, corrosive.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A corrosive ; a corrodent.
  • * 1835 , Thomas Greene Fessenden (editor), The New England Farmer XIII, ? 5, page 37/3:
    • I understand that a complete transmutation takes place in the iron; it gradually becomes incrusted with the copper, whilst at the same time the acids act as a corrodant ; so that a piece of iron thrown in, after a certain time, comes out copper, but whether weight for weight, or size for size, I do not recollect.
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