Absorptive vs. Absorbent: What's the Difference?

The act or process of absorbing or the condition of being absorbed.

Capable of absorbing a liquid or gas

A state of mental concentration.

A substance that is capable of absorbing.

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.

Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.

Any substance that absorbs.

Anything which absorbs.

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.

Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up (liquids);

(medicine) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.

(chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.

Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

Anything which absorbs.

Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.

The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.

A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance

Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up (liquids);