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Pulverise vs Triturate - What's the difference?

pulverise | triturate |

As verbs the difference between pulverise and triturate

is that pulverise is to completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder while triturate is to grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.

pulverise

English

Alternative forms

* pulverize

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
  • To defeat soundly, thrash.
  • To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
  • the stone pulverises easily

    triturate

    English

    Verb

  • To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.
  • To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
  • To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle.
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