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Yield vs Concentration - What's the difference?

yield | concentration |

As nouns the difference between yield and concentration

is that yield is payment; tribute while concentration is the act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

As a verb yield

is to pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.

yield

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) yielden, .

Verb

  • (obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
  • * Shakespeare:
    • God 'ild [yield] you!
  • * Gareth and Lynette, Tennyson :
    • The good mother holds me still a child! Good mother is bad mother unto me! A worse were better; yet no worse would I. Heaven yield her for it!
  • * Shakespeare:
    • Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, / And the gods yield you for 't.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher:
    • God yield thee, and God thank ye.
  • To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
  • * Milton:
    • Vines yield nectar.
  • * Bible, Job 24.5:
    • The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
  • To give way; to allow another to pass first.
    • Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
  • To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
    • They refuse to yield to the enemy.
  • * Shakespeare:
    • I'll make him yield the crown.
  • * Milton:
    • Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.
  • To give way; to succumb to a force.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula), chapter 21:
    • He turned the handle as he spoke, but the door did not yield . We threw ourselves against it. With a crash it burst open, and we almost fell headlong into the room.
  • To produce as return, as from an investment.
    • Historically, that security yields a high return.
  • (mathematics) To produce as a result.
    • Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
  • (engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
  • (rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
  • * Milton:
    • I yield it just, said Adam, and submit.
    Synonyms
    * submit - To fully surrender * capitulate - To end all resistance, may imply a compensation with an enemy or to end all resistance because of loss of hope * succumb - To fully surrender, because of helplessness and extreme weakness, to the leader of an opposing force * relent - A yielding because of pity or mercy * defer - A voluntary submitting out of respect, reverence or affection * give way - To succumb to persistent persuasion. * surrender - To give up into the power, control, or possession of another * cede - To give up, give way, give away * give up - To surrender * produce - To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc. * bear - To produce something, such as fruit or crops * supply - To provide (something), to make (something) available for use

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , Icelandic gjald. See also (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Payment; tribute.
  • A product; the quantity of something produced.
  • (legal) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The rise of smart beta , passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
    Derived terms
    * overyielding * yielder * sustained yield * yield-to-maturity * yield curve
    Synonyms
    * harvest * return * fruits * produce * crop * gain
    Related terms
    * relent * unrelent * succumb * capitulate * submit * stop * defer

    Anagrams

    * *

    concentration

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
  • # The direction of attention to a specific object.
  • # The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
  • # The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
  • A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
  • The proportion of a substance in a whole.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell, magazine=(American Scientist)
    • , title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
  • # (chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
  • The matching game pelmanism.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (course of study) major, minor

    See also

    * salinity

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